*Book by Book* is Bruce Silverstein Gallery’s first solo exhibition by the
artist Keith Smith. Smith has been creating books as works of art since the
1960s, yet he has rarely shown his work to the public over the past
twenty-five years. We would like to take this opportunity to familiarize
you with his work.
Click here to view Book 11, Up, by Keith
Smith<http://www.brucesilverstein.com/galleries.php?gid=684&i=2&page=pre>
For Smith, his work is a form of creative articulation whereby the act of
making the book—the binding, printing method, page materials and textures
that comprise the form, content, and structure of the book are chosen to
most adequately express the artist’s original inspiration or personal
challenge. His works address the recurring themes of love and desire and
reveal the artist’s efforts to reckon with his sexual identity.
This show is a mini-retrospective comprised of 30 books, all made between
1967 and 2010, which reveals the artist's interest in experimenting with
new materials and processes. He designs books that allow the viewer to
experience and question of the structure and very nature of the book
itself. Often his books are made of string or covered in fabric, they
unfold, illuminate, do not open, are unbound, or punched full of holes. While
a single book might be guided by one idea or one particular interest, when
the viewer examines the artist’s complete body of work—currently over 280
books—images of certain people and places reappear, and Smith’s voice
begins to emerge.
Click here to view a video of Book 27 by Keith
Smith<http://www.brucesilverstein.com/video.php>
Click here to view Book 21 by Keith
Smith<http://www.brucesilverstein.com/galleries.php?gid=660&i=0&page=next>
<http://www.brucesilverstein.com/galleries.php?gid=660&i=0&page=next>
Smith was educated at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the
Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has taught
at the Visual Studies Workshop, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
and the University of Illinois. He is a recipient of two Guggenheim
Fellowships, and a National Endowment of the Arts grant and a
Pollock/Krasner Foundation grant.
For additional details about the artist and his work, please visit our
website: http://www.brucesilverstein.com/artist.php?id=242
We would be delighted if you are able to visit our gallery while the
exhibit is on view (through January 7, 2012), but of course, if we can
provide you with any further information in the meantime, please let us
know.
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
535 West 24th Street
New York, New York 10011
[P]212-627-3930
[F]212-691-5509
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