The panel will talk about what it means to create books and how they approach both the art and craft of it. In addition to the panelists listed above, artists include Melissa Jay Craig, Roy Crosse, Helen Frank, Lorena Glass, Josafat, Michael Loderstedt, Mario Martin del Campo, Craig Matis, Karima Muyaes, Claudia Politi, Juan Manuel de la Rosa, Jorge Sadurni, and Livinia Zacarias. The exhibit is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each has its own feel in this batch of books, which is very eclectic in subject matter and style. The exhibit includes works by veteran book-makers, such as Morrison, along with ones from relative newcomers bringing energy and enthusiasm to the genre.
Many items challenge common ideas of what defines a book.
They range from books with illustrations and text to wordless accordion folds of decorated paper, from a box of tarot cards to a large lead and rubber sculpture by Toia. If you see very old books, they're generally huge, and in the earliest libraries, they were chained to shelves so people couldn't walk out with them. This work has a big ramrod through the middle. The exhibition marks a first for Skillman Library. We had done smaller exhibits of his books, and asking him to curate came out of his interest in making books.