Bookbinding & What It Might Lead To
A Book Arts Exhibit at the Caledon Library
Curated by Incunable Sorbet
April - September 2010
Jack and Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library
Caledon Victoria City
In the 18th Century, Mr. Laurence Sterne experimented with typography in his famous book, "Tristram Shandy". Towards the end of that century, William and Catherine Blake developed illuminated printing. In the 19th century, cover designs on books went from a simple title stamped in gold to multicolor graphic illustrations designed by well known artists. These examples expand our ideas of what a book is supposed to look like. In this exhibit we will endeavor to trace the evolution of artistic bookbinding, and speculate on how it may evolve in the future. Works include Louis Mileman's tabloid circle book, Incunable Sorbet's animated Penny Dreadfuls, ArtWorld Market's "Reliquary for the Ashes of Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses", and Trilby Minotaur's "Book Oasis."
