Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:06:04
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From: "Emily Harvey Gallery, 537 Bway, NYC"
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Subject: Alison Knowles Opens Oct 5, 6-8pm
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.
--
Emily Harvey
S. Polo, 322
30125 Venice, Italy
Tel 39 041 522 6727
Fax 39 041 523 5147
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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