Assembling Meaning: The Making of Artist's Books
Book artist Julie Chen will share the stories behind the making of her artist's books. She will explore how research, content development, paper engineering, book design and sometimes a bit of luck come together to shape her limited-edition works.
Stay after the lecture for a reception in Richmond Center Gallery.
Presented by: Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Richmond Center for Visual Arts and WMU Special Collections.
About the artist
Julie Chen is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is an internationally recognized book artist and founder of Flying Fish Press, where she has been publishing limited-edition artist’s books for over 36 years.
Her books have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at such places as the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. and the Jack Ginsberg Centre for Book Arts, Johannesburg, SA. Her work is held in major collections worldwide, such as the Library of Congress, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
She was a featured artist in the PBS series Craft in America (2009) and in the feature-length documentary The Book Makers (2020).