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Artists' Books
Rickard Ahrlin, Leif Elggren, Christel Hansson, Maria Lindstrom, Lina
Nordenstrom, Carolina Thorell, Eigil Thorell, Lars Wikstrom and Mats
Wilhelmsson will exhibit artists' books. What is an artists' book? How
you define this art form is an open question. More and more artists
have chosen to work in the area of artists' books, although the choice
of technique and form vary widely. While some choose to work with the
book as an stand alone object or in small limited editions, others
favour larger editions produced in collaboration with small
publishers, often run by artists. Firework Edition publishers are
presenting a book by its founder, Leif Elggren. Rosenlofs Book are
represented in the exhibition by two books, which are the outcome of a
collaboration between poets, visual artists, professional printers and
bookbinders. In Sweden the interest in artists' books has grown in the
last few years. For that reason we are presenting a selection of
artists' books as a part of the exhibition From Darkness into Light.
The nine exhibiting artists are all using different black and white
printing methods. These range from traditional hand set lead type,
engravings and lithographs on handmade paper, to photo based
techniques and computer generated images. Most of the artists' books
or the "book sculptures" in this exhibition are published in limited
editions or exist only as individual art objects.
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