Art News:
Good afternoon,
Conceptual artists and husband and wife duo, Brainard and Delia Carey--AKA the Love Doctors--have taken to the streets to express their latest form of art. Featured in the Whitney Biennial in 2002--the Carey's are back with a big embrace. This new art expression is sure to bring a smile to your face and warmth to your heart! Please see the press release below and contact me for a review copy, images, or to arrange an interview with the artists.
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CONTACT:
Karissa Hearn
khearn@skyhorsepublishing.com
OPEN YOUR ARMS
AND JOIN THE REVOLUTION!
THE ART OF HUGGING
A Heartwarming Guide to Everyone's
Favorite Gesture of Love
By
Brainard and Delia Carey
The Free Hug movement has been taking the world
by storm since it first started over a decade ago.
Brainard and Delia Carey began with an
experimental form of expression and eventually helped create one of the most
uplifting, powerful movements of the past twenty years.
The Art of Hugging: A Heartwarming Guide to
Everyone's Favorite Gesture of Love (Skyhorse Publishing, June 2012)— is a small book with a big idea—to make
the world a better place, one hug at a time.
Conceptual artists and husband-and-wife team—AKA The Love Doctors—have
exhibited hugs as art all over the world and now they've broken down one of the
world's simplest and most powerful gestures.
From the story of the hugging saint and a
history of hugging's viral video movement to advice on how to use your own hug
movement to support charitable causes, The Art of Hugging is a do-it-yourself guide to start spreading
the love! With beautiful photographic
illustrations, this book outlines the physical and psychological benefits of
hugging, an explanation for literal tree huggers, and a guide to starting your
own movement, among other things.
The Art of Hugging has a unique
idea for fundraising that is laid out in clear steps. Instead of spending money
on expensive cookies or pies, could a non-profit group get together and give
way 5,000 hugs and raise 5,000 dollars? No galas, no giant expensive parties,
just hugs to raise money, awareness, and at the same time create smiles all
around.
Husband and wife Brainard and Delia Carey help to fix
broken hearts and spread comfort one gesture at a time. The Art of
Hugging—a funny and smart cross-over from art to pop culture—is your
all-encompassing, smile-out-loud guide to health, happiness, and changing the
world for the better.
Did You Know
· Just one hug can lower your blood
pressure?
· July 16th is international Hug Your
Kids Day?
· A man once gave 7,777 hugs in just one
day?
About the Authors
Brainard Carey was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew
up in Yonkers. After attending undergraduate art school at SUNY Purchase, he
moved to Rhode Island and opened a gallery and began publishing a literary
magazine. Carey then moved back to New York City, where he met Delia Bajo and
cofounded Praxis, which was invited to be in the Whitney Biennial in 2002 and
to be in a solo show there in 2007, as well as other venues around the world.
Carey also has a mentoring/educational business that helps artists to write
grants, exhibit, and advance their careers. He splits his time between New York
City and a studio in New Haven, Connecticut, where he has a radio show on Yale
radio WYBC called The Art World Demystified.
Delia Carey is a conceptual artists whose work has been
displayed at the Whitney Biennial in 2002 and again in 2007, at MoMA PS1, and
the Reina Sofia. She and husband Brainard Carey have worked on numerous
projects through their collaborative Praxis. She is the director of the
Non-Visible Museum, and her studio and home is based in Manhattan, New York.
The
Art of Hugging
A
Heartwarming Guide to Everyone's Favorite Gesture of Love
Brainard and
Delia Carey
Skyhorse
Publishing Paperback; Also available as an e-book
On Sale: June
2012
ISBN:
978-1-61608-714-2
Price: $12.95
Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212 643 6816
www.skyhorsepublishing.com
