Seeing Seeking Feeling Reading: Granary Books

Seeing Seeking Feeling Reading: Granary Books

Saturday, Feb 02, 2019 - Friday, Mar 15, 2019

Location:
The University of Iowa Libraries, Main Library Gallery
125 W Washington St, Iowa City, IA 52242

 

Presenting a selection of UI Libraries’ comprehensive collection of Granary editions, this exhibition traces Granary publisher Steven Clay’s career from his beginnings as a UI undergraduate in the 1970s to his present position as one of the most significant small publishers in the country. Selected items include printed matter in a wide variety of formats, among them Western and accordion-fold codices, broadsides, and a wall-hung contemporary quipu. The artists represented include John Ashbery, Susan Bee, Charles Bernstein, Ted Berrigan, John Cage, Henrik Drescher, Emily McVarish, Carolee Schneemann, Buzz Spector, and Cecilia Vicuña.