TOMES
July 19 - December 15, 2019
Co-curated by Piero Varroni and John David O’Brien
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery at ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA
The works on display in TOMES were drawn primarily from the collections of libraries in Southern California, institutions which have been collecting and preserving artist books for decades. This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Joan Hugo and Judith Hoffberg, who both worked tirelessly to promote artist books and whose efforts helped libraries in the Greater Los Angeles area amass their collections.
Institutions contributing to TOMES include The Getty Research Institute, USC Libraries Special Collections,
Otis College Millard Sheets Library, Whitmore Rare Books, ArtCenter’s Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT),
ArtCenter’s James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library and the Edizioni EOS Libri d’Artista.
Artists and book makers featured in the exhibition include Allison Laytin Dalton, Amandine Nabarra Piomelli and Steve Roden. Additional pieces are from the artist book collections of Penny and Petra Cortright (Steven Cortright) and Tom Knechtel (miniature books). Artists represented in TOMES include Ching Ching Cheng, April Durham, Gloria Kondrup, Olga Lah, Danae Falliers and Bruce Richards.
