Hedi Kyle, the star of our current HELLO HEDI exhibition here at the gallery, made her first book in Berkeley, California in 1968. During her long career as a top-notch book conservator and teacher, Hedi inspired book artists around the world by inventing myriad innovative structures including the flag book, blizzard book, fishbone fold, Wunderkabinets, pivoting panel book and many others. She truly revolutionized the field of book arts with her penchant for play, material explorations and willingness to share.
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Mark Wangberg, an artist featured in the HELLO HEDI exhibition opening Friday wrote the following poem celebrating the star of our show, Hedi Kyle.
Mark's work in the show, Rusty, is typical of the love that so many artists feel for Hedi. In his artist statement, Mark writes, "The Rusty book IS a Hedi Kyle structure, though it may be unknown as I don’t think she named it or ever taught it.
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Here's a terrific quote by Hedi Kyle, "Good packaging not only enhances the object side, it also heightens the sensuous pleasure and curiosity to reach it. "
This is something I wish more book artists would think about when making books. Not only do enclosures such as slipcases, wrappers or boxes enhance an artist book, but the protection aspect is of utmost importance as well.
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Call for Entries: HELLO HEDI
On view in the gallery: June 5 - July 25, 2015Deadline for submissions: March 28, 2015
23 Sandy hosts two juried exhibitions each year. Our first for 2015 will be titled HELLO HEDI. For this exciting exhibition we are seeking book art inspired by the myriad structures invented by Hedi Kyle.
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Of all of the book and paper structures invented by Hedi Kyle over her long and inspiring career, one very mysterious Hedi marvel has drawn the most curiosity and many questions from artists: the Wudnerkabinett or Wundercabinet.
As many book artists have no doubt done in recent months, at first reference to this elusive creature I turned to Dr. Google.
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Woke up this morning with Aunt Sally's Lament on my mind. This seminal book in the book arts canon was designed by Claire Van Vliet based on a binding structure developed by Hedi Kyle and got me thinking about lineage. Book artists inspired by this work include Phil Zimmermann, Alicia Bailey, and even yours truly.
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Need a video to entertain you on that holiday plane trip next week? Have a holiday vacation with some spare time? This video interview of Hedi Kyle might be inspiring as you start thinking about new work for your entry for the HELLO HEDI show. It was filmed in 2009 as part of the non-profit Senior Artists Initiative Inventory and Oral History Project. Hedi was interviewed by Michelle Dauberman in Philadelphia at Hedi's home studio.
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Call for Entries I: HELLO HEDI
On view in the gallery: June 5 - July 25, 2015Deadline for submissions: March 28, 2015
23 Sandy hosts two international juried exhibitions each year. Our first for 2015 will be titled HELLO HEDI. For this exciting exhibition we are seeking artist books inspired by the myriad structures invented by Hedi Kyle.
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