Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public.
SCHEDULE:
MARCH 8th, PRE-FAIR OPENING
Check Marks
Curated by Austin English
Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm
Running March 8th through April 15th
Featuring works on paper by:
Nick Payne
James Ulmer
Leif Low-beer
Jason T Miles
Molly Colleen O’Connell
Wiley Guillot
Becca Kacanda
The 7 artists in this show believe in images. Characters, abstraction, text—all are used in the pursuit of making pictures that strike the viewer both for their gestalt and for their love of refining a personal library of visuals for the most intense potential. Each artist pushes their image-making to the point where its creativity aches in front of us. Most of these artists work with characters, the face and body are used almost as a template—a solid structure to build wild expression upon.
Each artist in this show will present a selection of works on paper. Each artist will have an original, extremely low print run zine available at the show.
MARCH 9th, MAIN EVENT:
D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday
Featured Vendors:
Acres
Andy Burkholder
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
FAMILYFAMILYTREE
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Margo Malter
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
Profanity Hill
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Ryan Syrell
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine
Featured Programming:
Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)
Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)
Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD)
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)
Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)
The ✞ortured Page™
Curated by Mr. Freibert
9-31 March 2013
Opening 9 March 7-10PM in conjunction with the Open Space PMF
✂Current Gallery 421 N Howard Baltimore MD
Fourty-nine contemporary cartoonists mount the cross…
AFTER PARTY:
CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING
Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM
Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM
Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life.
Featuring works by:
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain
DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Mann, The Junior Selector, and more TBA / 11:30 PM
Stay tuned for more updates!
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