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Werner Pfeiffer Exhibit of 3-Dimensional Books
Third floor, Neilson Library. View a video of Pfeiffer assembling his book Out of the Sky: 9/11, a tribute to the World Trade Center victims.
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The Mortimer Rare Book Room at Smith College has organized a retrospective exhibition of the book-related work of the graphic artist and sculptor entitled, Werner Pfeiffer (censor, villain, provocateur, experimenter): Book-Objects & Artist Books.
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Event |
April 3, 2008
4-6 pm |
Opening Reception With the Artist
Book Arts Gallery, 3rd floor, Neilson - view
video from the reception. |
April 1-July 31
hours |
Exhibition
Book Arts Gallery, 3rd floor, Neilson |
At the opening reception on April 3rd, Pfeiffer assembled his artist book
Out of the Sky: 9/11, his tribute to the victims of the
destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001. This book, with a
prominent sculptural component, engages the reader/viewer as he
or she assembles a series of printed segments to construct a model
of the twin towers nearly 6 feet high. Images and names of victims
of this terrorist attack are revealed as the sections are joined. View a video clip of the opening reception and book assemblage from April 3.
For more information, please see the Smith College press release.
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Out
of the Sky: 9/11 by Werner Pfeiffer. This three-dimensional
book is his tribute to the victims of the terrorist attack on
the World Trade Center. Out of the Sky was produced in
an edition of 52 copies on the fifth anniversary of the attack
in 2006. It is shown here fully assembled to create a model of
the twin towers nearly 6 feet high.
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"Broken
Markers" is a book-object created by Werner Pfeiffer in 1995.
Pfeiffer uses actual materials which he combines to form a new whole,
rather than sculpting the shapes. For "Broken Markers" he
used an open book, which he glued shut and then coated in layers of
white gesso, a painted stick, a coil, and a rubber sleeve. |
More
on the Exhibition
The
exhibition features 39 objects made by Pfeiffer using real books.
He has “silenced” the books by gluing the pages together,
and he also adds ropes, nails, clamps, and hooks. The intention
is to comment on censorship and to provoke reactions from his audience.
The exhibition also includes 8 of Pfeiffer’s artist books,
a genre loosely defined as books wholly conceived of and produced
as the vision of a single artist. These books usually contain printed
text and illustrations, and in Pfeiffer’s hands, a sculptural
element which invites the reader to interact with the book by manipulating
it in a way other than the traditional one of turning pages. |
More on the Artist
Werner Pfeiffer, born in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1937, has lived in the United States since 1961. He has served as a designer and art director on various projects and was appointed Professor of Art at Pratt Institute in New York City in 1969. His books, collages, drawings, prints, paintings, and sculptures have been shown internationally in nearly 200 group and solo exhibitions.
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Mortimer Rare Book Room
(413) 585-2906
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