{"id":2951,"date":"2017-08-17T11:13:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2017-08-17T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T10:13:59","slug":"prescriptions-artists-books-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2017\/08\/17\/prescriptions-artists-books-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Prescriptions: artists’ books’ exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Collections & Archives\u00a0are\u00a0displaying an exhibition called Prescriptions: artists’ books<\/em> in the Templeman Gallery<\/a>. The pieces on display are from a collection<\/a> accessioned into SC&A\u00a0last autumn.<\/p>\n

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Florascript: Wild Garlic, Yarrow, Foxglove, by Cas Holmes. Photo by Egidija Ciricaite<\/p><\/div>\n

The artists\u2019 books in this collection\u00a0were first shown at Prescriptions<\/i><\/a>, an exhibition at The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury (21 April\u201425 September 2016), curated by Dr Stella Bolaki and Egidija \u010ciricait\u0117.<\/p>\n

The Prescriptions <\/i>exhibition at the Beaney was structured around the book art of Martha A. Hall (1949-2003), a former teacher and professional weaver. Martha was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989, and\u00a0in 1998 she began documenting her experiences with breast cancer and her interactions with the medical community through book art.<\/p>\n

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Other artists were invited to submit artists\u2019 books for the exhibition, reflecting on the themes of illness, grieving, surgery, birth, recovery, mental health, aging, treatments, and wellbeing. Over 200 artists worldwide submitted nearly 250 works, of which 88 were selected for the exhibition. 71 of these were deposited with Special Collections & Archives at the University of Kent in autumn 2016.<\/p>\n

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Core Sample, by Allison Cooke Brown. Photo by Egidija Ciricaite<\/p><\/div>\n

We are really excited about this collection, one of the most recent accessions into SC&A. The works in\u00a0Prescriptions: artists\u2019 books<\/em> complements the teaching that occurs through seminars held in Special Collections & Archives (particularly those which interrogate materiality and the physicality of books), and also demonstrates SC&A’s commitment to preserving collections of varied formats which actively support current research and teaching at the University.<\/p>\n

Prescriptions<\/i>\u00a0takes place as part of a\u00a0wider research project on artists\u2019 books and the medical humanities, organised by the University of Kent and the University of New England (Maine Women Writers Collection), and supported by the Wellcome Trust. You can find out more information on that project on the Artists’ Books and the Medical Humanities<\/a> research project site and the School of English web pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Prescriptions exhibition in the Templeman Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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