About the Exhibit
This exhibition is at the
Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery ,
located in the
Harper Center for the Arts at
Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina
The exhibit at large includes
three exhibits within the gallery:
Exhibit I
A Book About Death: Life includes the original
A Book About Death plus new submissions.A Book About Death exhibit originated at the
Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery in NYC in September 2009.
This
exhibit,
ABAD, was conceived by artist
Matthew Rose,which included nearly 500 pages of original designs by international artists on the subject of death .
Since the 2009 debut, the
ABAD project has taken a on a remarkable life. It continues to travel the world , appearing in museums and galleries across the
US,
Brazil, Belgium, Croatia, Sarajevo, Italy and the United Kingdom. An unbound
ABAD (Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery 2009) book is in the permanent collection of the
Museum of Modern Art in NYC,
MoMA Wales and the
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Research Library.
Exhibit IISelected Works by Ray Johnson:
Ray Johnson, the pioneering American collage artist, who created the original and unpaginated
A Book About Death. Works on loan from the
Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center.Exhibit IIIWailing Wall: In
memory and
celebration of the lives of two PC students lost in the Fall semester,
Sarah and
Lea.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
CALL FOR ENTRIES for A Book About Death: Life
Submit one 4"x 6" artwork in any media on the theme of death/life via snail mail and a 4"x6" 150 dpi jpg of your image for posting on blog. Please include the words “A BOOK ABOUT DEATH” on the front and your name and your e-mail address/website URL on the back. The work may be sent in an envelope for protection or mailed as a postcard.
Artist is responsible for cost of postage/mailing.
ALL submitted work will become part of a permanent
ABAD : Life archive as part of the Presbyterian College Art Collection. Your submission/entry will not be returned.
You must submit both a physical work and a virtual one to be part of the project. Every submitted piece will be posted to this exhibition blog.
Submissions will continue to be accepted.
Mail 4” x 6” artwork/card to:
Ann Stoddard
College Curator
Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery
Harper Center for the Arts
Presbyterian College
503 South Broad Street
Clinton, South Carolina 29325
Submit the 4x6 150 dpi jpg of your image with your name and e-mail and/or web URL to: abad.life.pc@gmail.com
