2008 New York Book Art Fair October 23-26

Anne Collier/Matthew Higgs collaborative edition:
Collier and Higgs have produced a collaborative C-print “I Married an Artist” in a signed and numbered edition of 150. At 20 x 16.5 inches, it is a bargain for $150.























ARTmostfierce recommends paying a visit to the 2008
NY Art Book Fair
BENEFIT PREVIEW
benefiting Printed Matter, Inc.

at Phillips de Pury & Company
450 West 15th Street at 10th Avenue
Third Floor
New York, NY 10011

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008, 6:00 – 9:00 PM


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Since we are officially in a recession the collection of art books and limited editions from non-profit organizations is the right and safest trend right now. Please check out the special limited editions specially done or donated for the event.



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The only fair of its kind, the NY Art Book Fair showcases 143 publishers, booksellers, and antiquarian dealers from Berlin to Beijing, presenting a diverse range of the best in contemporary art books, art catalogs, artist’s books, art periodicals, and zines.

Join us to celebrate the opening of the Fair and to get a first chance at 2008 Fair offerings.

2008 BENEFIT EDITIONS

Advance purchase now available online!

Jonathan Monk Ticket Edition:
Monk’s untitled print in a limited and numbered edition of 500 is written in Braille. For $20, you get a copy of the edition, plus entrance to the Benefit preview, with food, drink, and festivities.
$20 - Click here to purchase.

Anne Collier/Matthew Higgs collaborative edition:
Collier and Higgs have produced a collaborative C-print “I Married an Artist” in a signed and numbered edition of 150. At 20 x 16.5 inches, it is a bargain for $150. As an extra temptation, you also receive the Jonathan Monk Ticket Edition, and admission to the Benefit Preview, with food, drink, and festivities.
$150 - Click here to purchase.

Paul Chan edition:
Paul Chan has produced a new multiple for Printed Matter in the form of a knife with an engraved text in a presentation box, in an edition of 12, titled "Untitled (after the dialogue between a priest and a dying man)."
Price on request.

Scott Hug edition:
If you are a fan of queer zines, here is one with a difference: Scott Hug's "Untitled" is silk-screened in an edition of two plus one AP. The page size is an enormous 28 x 38 inches, and the 20-page "zine" comes in a portfolio of the artists' own design.
Price on request.

PREVIEW EVENTS
Appetizers and drinks, DJ sets, a few surprise performances by friends of Printed Matter, a one-time performance conceived by Jonathan Monk, and much, much more.

The NY Art Book Fair continues Saturday and Sunday October 24-26 and is FREE and Open to the Public.

Visit nyartbookfair.com for a full list of exhibitors. For additional information, please contact Mo Johnston at mojohnston @ printedmatter.org



Printed Matter, Inc. is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1976 by artists and art workers with the mission to foster the appreciation, dissemination, and understanding of artists' books and other artists' publications.

Printed Matter, Inc. has received support, in part, through grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Altria Group Inc, the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Gesso Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Schoenstadt Family Foundation, The Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and individuals worldwide.

See you there!!!!





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http://www.printedmatter.org/

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