Artists are frequently inspired by the past and aim to make work which speaks to future audiences, subsequent generations. Tandem processes of introspective questioning and retrospective storytelling often come together in the artist book format—giving reader and creator the opportunity for personal reflection. Artists books tell us stories by using narrative, structure, materials.
(retro)(intro)spection explores the crossroads where artists books and artistic process intersect. When do our amorphous ideas become real, at what point? What is the role of introspection and one’s personal past when applied to artists books? In the act of looking back as well as in, artists are inspired by their body of work, regarding the path or discovering the throughline which brings them to the present.
This juried exhibition showcases artists books which look backward, inward, outward, and forward in a variety of ways. Artists books tell us stories by using narrative, structure, materials. Each of these aspects help the artist to communicate a perspective, one that is singularly unique to themselves and the work.
Mon - Sun 10am - 5:30pm
Opening reception: Feb 7th 6pm - 8pm, remarks at 7pm
RELATED PROGRAMMING:
Thu, Feb 13th 6pm – 8pm; presentation starts at 6:30pm
glean, gather, group: Jody Alexander and the Santa Cruz SCRAP residency
Wed, Mar 25th 6pm – 8pm; program starts at 6:30pm
(retro)(intro)spection: Exhibiting Artists in Conversation with curators Maureen Forys and Jennie Hinchcliff
Thu, Apr 16th 6pm – 8pm; presentation begins at 6:30pm
The POST-O-SCOPE and 10 Years of the Keep Writing Project : Hope Amico of Gutwrench Press
San Francisco Center for the Book
375 Rhode Island Street (between 16th & 17th Streets)
San Francisco, CA
37.7653229, -122.4023486
(retro)(intro)spection : moving past into the forward
