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Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

November 19 - December 19, 2011

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In Brief: A Private Study In Brief: a Private Study
Exhibition curated by Sabina Nieto Opening Reception: Saturday, November 19, 7 - 9 p “In Brief” is a organized group exhibition specifically for Adobe Books that tips its hat to the architectural tradition of the gentleman’s study, providing a local iteration of contemporary content. This project borrows from the traditional artifacts and techniques found in the private study as it takes the form of a personal library, a room for writing, a curio cabinet, and a modest collection of learned or worldly objects within the private sphere of the home. This installation, varied in medium—word, image, and object—teeters between a private collection and the creation of a space for one’s own thoughts taking the form of: home-made bookmaking, a tongue-in-cheek embroidered sampler, letterpressed quoteables of inspired literacy, fictionalized Gold Rush portraits, emulsion experiment, a memento mori, an illustrated catalogue of space aliens, a writer’s desk, allusions to personal maps, and other such metaphors for the enclosures of the mind. The history of the study is one where residential living became “comfortable” enough so as to include a private room one could retreat to. “In Brief” nods to the bookstore at large as an allegory to the communal space of the home; the Backroom Gallery provides a quiet core for taking note of the world of books just beyond the threshold. Featured artists include: Neil Berrett, Jackie Hancock, Katie Hawkinson, Katie Hoffman, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Alexis Lopez, Dharushana Muthulingam, Pamela Palma, Alissa Polan, Jane Sloss, chandra thuy tran, Mark Wise, Chelsea Ryoko Wong, and Amber Jean Young. -- adobebooksbackroomgallery.blogspot.com sabinanieto.com Mauve? Office of Exhibition was founded in March of 2009 by Sabina Nieto and Tarak Shah, and has housed art exhibitions continuously since then, with each show running for four weeks. While trying to re-imagine what a cubicle can be, Mauve? also endeavors to construct a distinct relationship of audience to art and artist, whereby office employees get to meet artists and engage with new art in the course of their working day, outside the constraints of traditional gallery or museum walls. For more information: mauveoffice.com