Exhibition Dates

January 3rd – August 6th, 2015

Exhibition Title

Mot Juste: Artists’ Books: Where to put the apostrophe?

Overview

A celebration of text and language in contemporary visual arts

Celebrating the humanities and the newly renovated Karp Hall, the Mandeville Gallery presents a three-part exhibition exploring intersections between the humanities and the visual arts during winter term 2015. The show features contemporary artists working in video, drawing, installation, film, bookmaking, photography and printmaking.

The Mandeville Gallery is extremely grateful for the co-sponsorship of Mot Juste from the Modern Languages and Literature Department, the English Department, and the Schaffer Library, which has made this project and the related project programming possible. For more information on the events associated with this exhibition, please see our Events page.

A fairly recent addition to the hierarchy of the art world, the medium of artists’ books has been surrounded by controversy since its induction in the 1970s: defying definition, classification, and the gallery. This exhibition will feature artists’ books from the Union College Permanent Collection, Special Collections, and private collections, including works by Joseph Kosuth, Dieter Roth, Edward Ruscha, and Lawrence Weiner.

Curated by

Sarah Mottalini, Curatorial Assistant, Art Collections and Exhibitions

Featured Artist(s)

Joseph Kosuth

Dieter Roth

Edward Ruscha

Lawrence Weiner

Dave Buchen

John Cage

Carolee Campbell

Julie Chen

Sue Cotter

Maureen Cummins

Brad Freeman

Dick Higgins and Wolf Vostell

Ruth Laxson

Sol LeWitt

Ronald King

Anton Marc

Scott McCarney

Bruno Munari

Kenneth Patchen

Werner Pfeiffer

Larry Rivers

Carolee Schneemann

Barbara Tetenbaum

Jan Voss

Place(s) Exhibited

Schaffer Library, 1st Floor, Lally Reading Room

Reviews

Concordiensis

The Times Union

The Daily Gazette

Reception & Other Events

Opening Reception
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
5:00 – 6:30 pm
At the Nott Memorial