18th International Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair at The Tetley, Leeds

In partnership with PAGES (coordinated by Chris Taylor, School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies, and John McDowall), The Tetley welcomes back the Contemporary Artists’ Book Fair for another exciting weekend of displays, exhibitions and live events revolving around the expanding genre of the artist’s book and small press publishing.

From the unique and handmade to print-on-demand publications, from the informal and intimate to the complex and surprising, the fair will showcase new work including limited edition books produced especially for the event. With over 50 exhibitors from across the UK and beyond, the fair is one of the most established and largest in the country.

Co-curated by Chris Taylor with Louise Atkinson, Sophie Loss and John McDowall, Collections and Collaborations, a series of projects and exhibitions and live events complementing the book fair, will be on show throughout The Tetley galleries until 22 March 2015.

EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS

Film screening
Thursday 5 March, 6-9pm

Flip books! Un livre, un pouce, un film (2007) Co-produced by LENDROIT & Université Rennes

Book Fair artists’ talks
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 March

Becky Lowe, LCA Library – What is an artists’ book?
Craig Atkinson – Café Royal Books: collecting, collaborating and forgotten archives
Amy Cutler – Promising Glosses
Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell – Reading out loud: process and collaboration

Book Fair workshops
Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 March

Letterpress, Flip book, Zine making

Curated projects
Saturday 7 – Sunday 22 March

Zoë Sawyer 7.45 Books/ Kippenberger Challenge
Louise Atkinson – Lorem Ipsum
Lenka Clayton/Chris Taylor – Old things, new order
Katya Robin – Hexopolis
Sophie Loss – Re object
John McDowall – More is less is more: artists’ books as collection/accumulation
Guerrilla Writers – The Editions

See here for more information about the Contemporary Artists' Book Fair.