BFA Visual & Critical Studies presents an exhibition of three suites of ex-libris bookplates by early 20th-century German artists Adolf Kunst (1882 – 1937), Karl Ritter (1888 – 1958) and Carl Streller (1889 – 1967). The exhibition in on view from Friday November 2, through November 30, with a reception on Tuesday November 27, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Professor Tom Huhn, Chair of BFA Visual & Critical Studies, Art History and the Honors Program, has prepared the following statement for the exhibition: "Ex-libris is a Latin phrase meaning 'from the library of.' The phrase was often placed at the top of a bookplate, a single printed sheet affixed to the inside cover of each book in someone's personal library or collection, and thereby indicating the book's ownership. They have been in use for more than 800 years.BFA Visual & Critical Studies presents an exhibition of three suites of ex-libris bookplates by early 20th-century German artists Adolf Kunst (1882 – 1937), Karl Ritter (1888 – 1958) and Carl Streller (1889 – 1967). The exhibition in on view from Friday November 2, through November 30, with a reception on Tuesday November 27, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Professor Tom Huhn, Chair of BFA Visual & Critical Studies, Art History and the Honors Program, has prepared the following statement for the exhibition: "Ex-libris is a Latin phrase meaning 'from the library of.' The phrase was often placed at the top of a bookplate, a single printed sheet affixed to the inside cover of each book in someone's personal library or collection, and thereby indicating the book's ownership. They have been in use for more than 800 years."The exhibition on display here of some magnificent early 20th-century bookplates reveals a key historical development of the ex-libris, as bookplates eventually came to be called. Alongside the ex-libris announcing the literal ownership of a book, the increasingly elaborate designs of the ex-libris also serve to take spiritual and psychological possession of the book. Note how some of the bookplates contain images of the intellectual swoon that often accompanies our reading of books. It's as if the conjuring of an image of what will happen when we read is a defense—at the literal opening of the book and before it begins—by the reader, and owner, against the confounding, transforming power of the book. Bookplates are thus a kind of primitive magic—not unlike the magic of property itself—deployed against those sometimes infernally enlightening books that haunt our reveries. Be careful that inscribing your name in a book doesn't thereby allow it to take possession of you." All from a private collection, the prints on display—some humorous, others heavily loaded with symbolism—offer the contemporary viewer an opportunity to examine a genre of images once highly valued for both form and function. This is the second in a series of planned exhibitions by the Department of Visual & Critical Studies on historically-themed subject matter. This exhibition has been organized by BFA Visual & Critical Studies faculty member Peter Hristoff with the assistance of third-year student Joey Gonella; suite selections curated by Tom Huhn. For further information, please contact [email protected].
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School of Visual Arts - SVAWells Fargo Center209 East 23 Streetl 800.436.New York, United statesSchool of Visual Arts - SVAWells Fargo Center209 East 23 Streetl 800.436.New York, United statesBFA Visual & Critical Studies presents an exhibition of three suites of ex-libris bookplates by early 20th-century German artists Adolf Kunst (1882 – 1937), Karl Ritter (1888 – 1958) and Carl Streller (1889 – 1967). The exhibition in on view from Friday November 2, through November 30, with a reception on Tuesday November 27, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Professor Tom Huhn, Chair of BFA Visual & Critical Studies, Art History and the Honors Program, has prepared the following statement for the exhibition: "Ex-libris is a Latin phrase meaning 'from the library of.' The phrase was often placed at the top of a bookplate, a single printed sheet affixed to the inside cover of each book in someone's personal library or collection, and thereby indicating the book's ownership. They have been in use for more than 800 years.BFA Visual & Critical Studies presents an exhibition of three suites of ex-libris bookplates by early 20th-century German artists Adolf Kunst (1882 – 1937), Karl Ritter (1888 – 1958) and Carl Streller (1889 – 1967). The exhibition in on view from Friday November 2, through November 30, with a reception on Tuesday November 27, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Professor Tom Huhn, Chair of BFA Visual & Critical Studies, Art History and the Honors Program, has prepared the following statement for the exhibition: "Ex-libris is a Latin phrase meaning 'from the library of.' The phrase was often placed at the top of a bookplate, a single printed sheet affixed to the inside cover of each book in someone's personal library or collection, and thereby indicating the book's ownership. They have been in use for more than 800 years."The exhibition on display here of some magnificent early 20th-century bookplates reveals a key historical development of the ex-libris, as bookplates eventually came to be called. Alongside the ex-libris announcing the literal ownership of a book, the increasingly elaborate designs of the ex-libris also serve to take spiritual and psychological possession of the book. Note how some of the bookplates contain images of the intellectual swoon that often accompanies our reading of books. It's as if the conjuring of an image of what will happen when we read is a defense—at the literal opening of the book and before it begins—by the reader, and owner, against the confounding, transforming power of the book. Bookplates are thus a kind of primitive magic—not unlike the magic of property itself—deployed against those sometimes infernally enlightening books that haunt our reveries. Be careful that inscribing your name in a book doesn't thereby allow it to take possession of you." All from a private collection, the prints on display—some humorous, others heavily loaded with symbolism—offer the contemporary viewer an opportunity to examine a genre of images once highly valued for both form and function. This is the second in a series of planned exhibitions by the Department of Visual & Critical Studies on historically-themed subject matter. This exhibition has been organized by BFA Visual & Critical Studies faculty member Peter Hristoff with the assistance of third-year student Joey Gonella; suite selections curated by Tom Huhn. For further information, please contact [email protected]. Book tickets
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