25 April 2009 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Gallery open from 12:00 PM

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Between Gallery and Bookshop was a talk with Gordon Shrigley, Emily Speed and Kelly Wellman on artists’ books to coincide with an exhibition of books by artists’ collective AM BRUNO at the bookartbookshop. The talk addresses questions of distribution and display context for artists who use books as a medium for creative practice. How do different contexts of distribution affect the creation of and engagement with artists` books? Between Gallery and Bookshop attempted to look at artists’ books via the channels through which they reach their readers.

In addition to the talk the gallery was open from noon on the 25th of April with books by members of AM BRUNO.

Gordon Shrigley runs Marmalade and Filmarmalade, publishers of contemporary works of visual theory in the form of either drawing, text, photography or video. Both the artists’ book publisher Marmalade, and the video DVD label Filmarmalade grew out of a desire to promote and distribute works that allow artists the space to ‘think the visual [. . .] through the act of a sustained looking, talking and working with and through media’.

Emily Speed is an artist based in Liverpool. She founded and coordinated Liverpool Artists’ Book Fair in 2008 and is part of the artist-led space Wolstenholme Projects. Her website can be found at www.emilyspeed.com

Kelly Wellman has an MA in artists` books. She teaches at Camberwell and runs bookartbookshop with Tanya Peixoto.

Between Gallery and Bookshop was organised by artists collective AM BRUNO and IMT Gallery. AM BRUNO is an alliance of 24 artists initiated by MA fine art graduates from Central Saint Martins. AM BRUNO represents current artistic thought, practice and sensibility translated and expanded into book art form. The artists in the group are visual and conceptual practitioners in all media, including painting, photography, video, performance and sculpture. The themes vary from inquiry into the nature of books/sketchbooks, human body/desire/private life, the value of artificiality, writing/image and time.

An exhibition of artists’ books by AM BRUNO will also be held at the bookartbookshop from 25 April - 2nd May 2009.

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