A Book About Death part 2

The A Book About Death exhibition opened a few weeks ago and I've since had the chance to take a couple shots of the installation. It took a group of about five of us as many hours to hang all 500+ cards but the end result looked great.

North wall, half of the original works:


South wall, the other half:


Local contributions, including work from Elizabeth Lopez, Emmanuel Ferraes and other good artists whose links I don't know:


My piece:

A Book About Death

A Book About Death is an exhibition of mail art by hundreds of different artists. It originated in New York last year, where each of the 500 participants received a copy of the other 499 artists' contributions. Thus all 500 artists not only collected the show's entire catalogue but are now able to restage A Book About Death at new places and with additions from new artists.

With Sheila Dollente and Bibiana Padilla Maltos bringing the exhibition to SDSU-Calexico's Steppling Gallery this week, I've had the chance to add my own work to the show and am very excited to be involved in it. It opens on Wednesday, March 10 at 6:30 p.m.

These links have more information on the show's origins and where it's headed next:
http://abookaboutdeath.blogspot.com
http://abookaboutdeathmexicaliimperialvalley.blogspot.com

Photos from Saturday's installation. By Joshua Novinger:

More to come after opening night.