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The Arts Council of Princeton Presents “Material Translations: Artists’ Books from 1970 to Now” from Thursday, October 7 until November 24, 2010,

The Arts Council of Princeton presents “Material Translations: Artists’ Books from 1970 to Now” from Thursday, October 7 until November 24, 2010, as part of the community-wide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Princeton Public Library. The exhibition brings together pieces by 17 artists who are working, or have worked, in the book format. Visitors can expect to see books made of glass, embroidered fabric, handmade paper and found materials.
 
With the support of a grant from the New Jersey State Council for the Humanities, two panel discussions featuring artists from the exhibition will be presented that are free and open to the public. The first panel takes place from 4:00-5:30PM on Thursday, October 7, immediately before the exhibition’s opening reception. The second panel discussion will take place on the evening of Thursday, October 21 at 7:00PM. Both the exhibition and the two panel discussions will be held at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ.
 
Guest curator, Michael Joseph, of the Rutgers University Libraries, has selected artists from New Jersey and beyond that inform our understanding of the book as a work of art. Sue Gosin, founder of Dieu Donné Papermill, Inc. in New York, will present remarkably crafted books that she produced in collaboration with internationally known artists William Kentridge and Jane Hammond, as well as a 1980 volume featuring her own etchings and watermark ”drawings.” Book artist Lois Morrison will share with viewers her meticulously pieced and sewn cloth book, “Dark Ahab,” embroidered with edited phrases drawn from the last sentences in chapters of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Karen Guancione is exhibiting Guide de la Correspondance Amoureuse, a mixed media album held together with a bright red brassiere that she created in Nice, France in the winter of 2004-05 using found materials, scraps from antique books and actual love letters.
 
Two artists in the Material Translations exhibition have a special resonance to the celebration of the Princeton Public Library’s anniversary. Princeton resident and artist Margaret Kennard Johnson is exhibiting a wall-size book with several layers of nylon mesh pages, which she originally created as a commission for the library’s first floor reading room. (The scale of the project changed and a different piece in the same vein is now hanging in the library). Book artist Buzz Spector, who now teaches at Washington University in St. Louis, was commissioned to create the altered Donor Book, which is prominently displayed at the entrance to the library. Spector is exhibiting two altered books in the Arts Council exhibition.
 
The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), founded in 1967, is a non-profit organization with a mission of Building Community through the Arts. Housed in the landmark Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, designed by renowned architect Michael Graves, the ACP fulfills its mission by presenting a wide range of programs including exhibitions, performances, free community cultural events, and studio-based classes and workshops in the visual, performing and literary arts. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality, engaging, affordable and accessible for the diverse population in the greater Princeton region.
 
For more information, visit www.artscouncilofprinceton.org or contact Sabrina Osse at sosse@artscouncilofprinceton.org.