Exhibition notices
NEW The Art of the Book
'03, a juried exhibition of members' work celebrating the twentieth anniversary Of CBBAG,
opened at the York Quay Gallery, Harbourfront Centre, on September 19, 2003, and will
travel across Canada through 2005. For more information, visit the exhibition’s
website: http://www.cbbag.ca/AB03web/ABO3.htmI
Exhibition Schedule
March 19 - May 9, 2004
Saskatchewan Craft Gallery
813 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
August 19 - September 26, 2004
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitoban, Winnipeg, Manitoba
340 Provencher Blvd., Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 7 - December 13, 2004
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bonford Crescent S.W. Medicine Hat, Alberta
January 13 - February 27, 2005
Galerie Materia
367 Charest Est, Quebec City
March 29 - June 3, 2005
Harriet Irving Library, University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Exhibition
catalogs
Two Private Presses from Verona: The Officina
Chimèrea and Ampersand
A 16-page, full-color catalog of an exhibition of limited editions printed by two
of the most distinguished private presses in Italy. The catalog, available only in English
at $6.00 (postpaid), may be ordered from Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, 208 First
Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104. Phone orders: (206) 682-3545. Online orders: www.wlbooks.com.
Poster from Artisti e Libri
Artisti e Libri: Trenta Libri di Stamperie Private Veronesi
Illustrati da Artisti Contemporanei
A catalog of an exhibition featuring thirty private press books printed in Verona and
illustrated by contemporary artists. The exhibition was held at the Biblioteca Civica di
Verona, Verona, Italy, July 7 through September 8, 2000. The catalog can be viewed online
at Artisti.
Un Tipografo fra Due Culture
A catalog of the first definitive retrospective exhibition of Richard-Gabriel
Rummonds’s work at the Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia. The exhibition was held at
the Biblioteca di Via Senato in Milano, Italy, September 22 through October 17, 1999. The
exhibition and catalog were curated by Alessandro Corubolo and Gino Castiglioni. 113
pages, with full-color illustrations of all the books. 8¼ x 11 inches (album format) in
wrappers. The catalog includes essays by Alessandro Corubolo and Gino Castiglioni and
Michael Peich, with bibliographical descriptions by Laura Tamborini. Text in Italian.
Milano: Electra, 1999. Price: $46.95. Available from Oak Knoll Books. To order online: http://www.bibliocity.com/order/ok/60488.
Also available from Art Books International at £28.00. E-mail: stanley@art-bks.com.
Bram de Does 65: Boektypograaf & Letteromtwerper.
An illustrated, 28-page catalog in Dutch is available from lommen@uba.uva.nl. Price not known.
A Century for the Century: Fine Printed Books 1900-1999.
A fully illustrated catalog of one hundred books from distinguished private and commercial
presses of England, Europe, and the United States. 144 pages, including 46 color
illustrations and 54 halftones. 9 x 12 inches. 750 copies in wraps ($35); 250 copies
casebound ($65). New York: The Grolier Club, 1999. Available from Veatchs@Veatchs.com.
Westward Bound
A full-color, 64-page catalog for the exhibition may be purchased at the host libraries
for $20 or from the Marriott Library Book Arts Program, University of Utah, 295 So. 1500
East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0860 for $20 plus $3 shipping (checks should be made
payable to Marriott Library Book Arts Program).
Stampatori/Torchi/Libri: 1895–1996
A catalog of an exhibition of photographs from Printing on the
Iron Handpress by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds together with examples of the
printers’ work. The exhibition was held at the Biblioteca Civica di Verona, Verona,
Italy, April 9 through May 8, 1999. The exhibition and catalog were curated by Alessandro
Corubolo and Gino Castiglioni. 16 pages, 8¾ x 6¼ inches, stapled. Text in Italian.
Price: $10.00. Available from Oak Knoll Books (http://www.bibliocity.com/order/OK/55386)
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