Changing Landscapes by Elizabeth Carls
LONGING FOR
HOME: Reader’s Art 12
March 16-April
26
Susan Hensel Gallery, 3441 Cedar Ave S, will take a break
from retirement for the annual book extravaganza, Reader’s Art 12: Longing for Home , Friday March 16 with a
reception and celebration for the artists from 7-10pm.
This long running show is a national/international survey
show of artists books originated by Ms. Hensel when she lived in East Lansing, Michigan. Now in its
twelfth consecutive year, forty two artists form the US, Canada and France
responded to the call for artists books that considered the following
questions:
What does
home mean to you?
Is home a
place, a building, a feeling, a belief system,a family, a way of being in the
world?
What do
you long for?
Not surprisingly, in these transitional times, many artists
dwelt in nostalgia for a past time that may or may not have been their own. There are also political pieces dealing
with immigration, and environmental destruction of the planet. There are pieces that deal with the
body as the ultimate home, with identity.
There are beautiful, ethereal books; crudely natural books; creepy
books; humorous books; elegant books.
Among the forty two artists are many local folks: Carolyn Halliday, Phillip R. Luoma
Anderson Elizabeth Carls, Maggie Miller, Mary Bergs and Beth Dorsey.
Most of the books may be handled and read. After all, what’s
a book if you cannot read it?
Come join the fun, Friday, March 16, 7-10pm.
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Reader’s
Art 12 : Longing for Home
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March 16- April 26, 2012
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Susan Hensel Gallery
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3441 Cedar Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55407
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