For those of you who missed our opening last
week, we wanted to let you know that the jury has spoken.
The results for this year’s AGYU Artists’ Book of the
Moment are
… plural. Sharing the top of the ABotM for 2011 are:
Antonia Hirsch, Komma (after Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His
Gun)
[published by Fillip]
&
Gareth Long & Derek
Sullivan, The Illustrated Dictionary of
Received Ideas 2010 Galley #5
[published by Artexte]
For more information on these
two fabulous books, and the other short-listed titles (also fabulous), please
visit the ABotM website at: http://www.theAGYUisOutThere.org/books
Congratulations to Antonia,
Derek, and Gareth, and great thanks to:
All who
submitted titles;
Michelle
Jacques and Melanie O’Brien, our jury;
The
Department, for use of their space in February to display all submissions;
the Dressler Brothers, for the lending of a
fabulous bookshelf;
&
Joe
Friday,
for aiding and abetting with his much appreciated assistance.
(Also, please remember to save the date for Saturday, May 14th
at 4:30 PM for The Awakening, a major collaborative performance by Humberto Vélez organised by the Art
Gallery of York University, to be held in Walker Court at the Art Gallery of
Ontario. See our website for more details: http://theagyuisoutthere.org/ )
The Art Gallery of York University is a
university-affiliated public non-profit contemporary art gallery supported by
York University, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the
City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and our membership.
The AGYU is located in
the Accolade East Building, 4700 Keele Street Toronto. Gallery hours are:
Monday to Friday, 10 am–4 pm; Wednesday, 10am–8 pm; Sunday from noon–5 pm; and
closed Saturday. Admission to everything is free.
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