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From the popularity of the Tokyo Art Book Fair and emergence of contemporary publication in Taipei to the expansion of artist networks in Korea, this session will explore the practice and diffusion of artists’ books throughout East Asia by examining this unique cultural context, its local perspectives, artistic trends, and recent exhibitions. Participants include Juk Hee Kwon, Charwei Tsai, and Oliver Watson. Moderated by Hee Jung Lee. Organized by Sara Rubinow.

Juk Hee Kwon was born in Dae-Jun, Korea and lives and creates her sculptural bookworks in London. She received her MA in Book Arts from Camberwell College of Arts, London, and her BFA from Chung-ang University, Korea. Her work has been exhibited in London, Paris, Brussels, and Korea, and she is actively involved in the Korean cross-cultural artist community in the UK.

Charwei Tsai was born in Taiwan and lives and works between Paris, New York and Taipei. In addition to her art practice, Tsai publishes Lovely Daze, a curatorial journal which provides a platform for artists to present their writings and artworks. Tsai received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and completed the postgraduate research program La Seine at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Tsai has had solo exhibitions in Beijing, Bogotá, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, and Tokyo…

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Throughout the twentieth century, innovations in international avant-garde visual arts and design were often first expressed in the informal context of a magazine or journal. This exhibition, drawn from the holdings of The Museum of Modern Art Library, follows this practice into the twenty-first century, exploring the various ways in which contemporary artists and designers use the magazine as an experimental space.

The works on view, all published since 2000, represent a broad array of international titles—from community newspapers to image- only photography magazines to conceptual design projects. These publications illustrate a diverse range of image-making, editing, design, printing, and distribution practices. There are connections to the past lineage of artists’ magazines and the little architecture and design magazines of the twentieth century, as well as unique applications of new image-editing and printing methods. Assembled here, these contemporary magazines provide a firsthand view of the latest practices in art and design in print and represent MoMA Library’s sustained effort to document and collect this medium.

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“Ah” is a sacred sound that many major religions around the world embrace, e.g.: “A-llah “, “A-men”, “A-mitabah”, “A-lleluia”, and “A-OM”. The work aspires to connect a sense of inner peace that is within us all.

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