A Book About Death and MOMA, New York
New York artist and writer, Matthew Rose, asked artists to each contribute 500 postcards to create an unbound book about death, in homage to Ray Johnson, Emily Harvey, and as a global exploration of death. 486 artists responded to the call and A Book About Death was shown at The Emily Harvey Gallery in New York city on September 10, 2009. The works were installed on the wall while the remaining copies sat in rows of boxes on the gallery floor for visitors to take and create their own book about death. All of the postcards were free.
The show has since been recreated by different participating artists who collected entire sets of the original exhibition. These have been exhibited at The Queen’s Museum of Art, Queens, NY, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; River Mill Art Gallery, Westfield, NJ, USA; South End Open Studios, Boston; The Sexta Literary Arts Festival, Tijuana, Mexico; and Ripe Art Gallery, Greenlawn, NY, among other places.
A Book About Death has also been acquired for the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as for collections in the MUBE (Museu Brasileiro da Escultura), São Paulo, Brazil, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Research Library, Los Angeles.
The ABAD website and archive contains much more about the contributing artists and future happenings.
My postcard, below, contained excerpts from my artist book “Echo”.
- A Book About Death, Installation, curator and artist Matthew Rose, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York Sept. 2009
- A Book About Death, Installation, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York Sept. 2009
- A Book About Death, Installation, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York Sept. 2009
- A Book About Death, Installation, Emily Harvey Gallery, New York Sept. 2009, after the opening sept 11
- ABAD at the Ripe Gallery, Greenawn, Long Island, New York, with owner Cherie. Oct 2009
- ABAD at River Mill Art Gallery, Westfield, New Jersey, curated by artist Michael Chan, Oct 2009
- ABAD at The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, Nov. 2009
- ABAD at The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, Nov. 2009
- ABAD at The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York, Nov. 2009
- ABAD at the Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
- ABAD in Boston, curated by Mobius Artist Group member, Jane Wang
- Artsist Mara Thompson brought ABAD to the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art Balch Art Research Library
- Un Libro Sobre La Muerte en Tijuana, organized by Bibiana Padilla Maltos, opens at The Primer Festival Literatura en las Artes 09 España La Sexta House of Music, Tijuana, Mexico, 21 Noviembre 2009
- Um Livro Sobre A Morte at MUBE, opens February 3, 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil
- A Book About Death in Mexicali: Curated by artist Bibiana Padilla Maltos & Sheila Dollente at San Diego State University’s Steppling Art Gallery on March 10, 2010
- ABAD at the KVN public library in Zagreb, Croatia. Curated by Ivana Rezek March 2010
- ABAD in Sarajevo: Curated by artist Ivana Rezek at the ASA Art Gallery, April 2010.
- ABAD in Wales (Poster, Mary Bogdan): Curated by Sonja Benskin Mesher at the MoMA Wales, 27 April 27 - May 8, 2010
- ABAD in Belgium: EXIT 11 Contemporary Art, April 11 - June 27, 2010.
- My postcard for A Book About Death
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