FLUXLIST: Alison Knowles Opens Oct 5, 6-8pm

[Emily Harvey Gallery, 537 Bway, NYC]

Emily Harvey Gallery Press Release
537 Broadway at Spring
New York, NY 10012


September 16, 2000


Tel. 212 925-7651


Fax 212 966-0439


Alison Knowles: Footnotes


objects, prints, illuminations, and exploded page works from the travel journal, Footnotes, published by Granary Books, New York City, 2000.
October 5 through October 28, 2000
Tues-Sat, 11:00 - 6:00

Reception for artist: Thurs. Oct.5th, 6:00-8:00


Emily Harvey Gallery will present Footnotes, an exhibition of new work by Fluxus artist Alison Knowles.
This body of work reveals a range of innovations through combinations of objects, texts and unusual art materials. Conceived as an environment, the different components of the exhibit are based upon experiments regarding the nature of the page and the meaning of what a book can be.
The pieces reflect Knowles' instinct to note everyday events and continually re-examine those experiences, regardless of chronology and linear thinking. Her work is faithful to life experience and the nature of the materials. Large panels extending from the ceiling and walls are page like in their structure, containing various embedded elements and incorporating projections on a grand scale. Some pieces may be explored by gallery visitors through touch. Silkscreen and Palladium prints, as well as cyanotype reflect Knowles' mastery of printmaking.
The impetus for "Footnotes" is a lifelong continua of global travel, from which the artist has literally "picked up" things and created annotated journals. The concept of footnotes therefore is a means of referencing and reorganizing those travels, transferring the literary device into visual forms.
Well-known for her experimental performances and installations from the early 60s in association with Fluxus movement, and by her affiliation with Something Else Press, Knowles has continually investigated the form and content of books. Examples of her previous works include the monumentally scaled Big Book from l967 and a "walk-in" object The Book of Bean from l983 which was exhibited in the Venice Biennale in l990.


In coordination with the exhibition, Granary Books is publishing Knowles's book Footnotes: Collage Journal, 30 Years, incorporating many of the elements of the exhibition but in a different form. There are actual footnotes by the artist here. Copies are available for sale at the gallery.
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Emily Harvey
S. Polo, 322
30125 Venice, Italy


Tel 39 041 522 6727
Fax 39 041 523 5147
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