Title

Recycled library: Altered books.

Collective title

Artspace Mackay touring exhibition.

Venues

Artspace Mackay. (4 September 2009 – 25 October 2009)

Gladstone Regional Art Gallery And Museum (18 December 2009 – 6 March 2010)

Grafton Regional Gallery (23 March 2010 – 25 April 2010)

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. (12 May 2010 – 27 June 2010)

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery [3] (4 March 2011 – 29 May 2011)

Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (24 June 2011 – 7 August 2011)

Noosa Regional Gallery (31 August 2011 – 2 October 2011)

Hervey Bay Regional Gallery. (9 October 2011 – 14 November 2011)

Date

(2009 – 2011)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located; Australia (QLD). Book arts.

Curator

Wardell, Michael.

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

Recycled Library is an exhibition of works by Australian artists that incorporate existing/found books as a major conceptual and creative element. The exhibition investigates the symbolism of 'the book' in an era in which the printed page is in danger of being superseded by digital technology.

Many of the artists in this exhibition have used second-hand books as a way of questioning the authority of the printed text, particularly as historical records of fact. [Gallery media, 2009].