Curated by Tom Sowden and Lucy May Schofield

Date: 13 December 2007 - 2 January 2008
Time: Mon - Fri 10am-4pm
Private View: 12 December 2007, 6pm

Sitting Room was a show of artists' books in a domestic environment re-created within the gallery. The setting was a mock sitting room, where visitors were encouraged to choose a book from the bookcase, make themselves at home and enjoy a rare opportunity to handle and interact with the limited edition artist-made book works.

Conceived between Lucy May Schofield and Tom Sowden, artists from across Europe were invited to create books on the theme of 'sitting room'. Interpretations included: books on domesticity, seated journeys, chair related ephemera, ejector seats and a day in the life of a sofa. This eclectic mix represented work by acclaimed artists of national and international standing.

Sitting Room is a touring exhibition and this was the last outing in the UK before the exhibition headed off to Mexico and the USA.

Tom Sowden
"Sitting Room was conceived as we discussed and developed the idea of curating an exhibition of artists' books together. We both wanted to present a show where we could lose the preciousness that can surround an artist's book. Let them become the tactile and interactive objects that they are usually conceived as being. Take them out of glass cases, out of libraries and away from the artist's book fairs, re-situating them in an environment that was conducive to reading and engaging with the books."

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