EVENT: Dublin Art Book Fair 2012: Friday 30th November– Sunday 2nd December 2012

Following the success of the first Dublin Art Book Fair in December 2011, TBG&S will present a second event for 2012 with the aim of promoting contemporary art and artists’ books to general audiences. The book fair will see a large selection of Irish and international art book publishers represented alongside artists’ books, self-published catalogues and published projects such as comic books, zines and critical writing publications. There is currently an open call for individual artists' books, for more information click here.

OPPORTUNITIES: Callout For Artists Books

Temple Bar Gallery + Studios calls for artists' books From Friday 30th November to Sunday 2nd December 2012, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios will host the second Dublin Art Book Fair. This event will take place in the gallery space in TBG+S and aims to promote and aid the distribution of artists’ books, ‘zines and catalogues. Almost 30 art book publishers from Ireland and abroad will be represented at the fair as well as a programme of live readings and talks. Alongside this, TBG+S wishes to again present an open submission section in which individual artists can present and sell their books, ‘zines and catalogues. We are therefore inviting artists to send us their books, catalogues, and other publications for inclusion in this section. Spaces are strictly limited and books will be selected for inclusion by open submission. Criteria and rules for submission are below: * Each artist can submit one book title only, and up to 5 copies of this title. * Each submission must include full contact details, name, address, telephone number and email address of the artist. * The book must represent your artistic practice. * Handmade books are welcome but please note that books will be handled by the public over 3 days so make sure your book can withstand this. Books must be submitted at your own risk. * We are not interested in illustration or childrens books. * Successful applicants will be selected by a panel from TBG+S. You will receive a space for your book on the artists’ table and the books will be sold by TBG+S staff on your behalf commission free. Successful applicants will be notified. How to submit: Drop off submission is on one designated day at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, 5-9 Temple Bar- on Tuesday 13th November between 10am and 6pm. Collection of unsold/ unselected books is Monday 4th December 10am- 6pm. If submitting your books via post, send to this address, to arrive no later than 13th Nov

EXHIBITION: John Graham Exhibition at Green on Red Gallery Dublin

Green On Red Gallery is pleased to announce Phase, an exhibition of new works by John Graham. This is the artist’s first exhibition with the gallery since 2008. “Though in the genus of Print these new works are essentially drawings, print methods making drawings. I’m interested in qualities particular to the printmaking process, the way elements are layered for example, the emphasis on alignments, on mirroring, and multiplicity. Printmakers always seem to be up against limits. The sheet of paper, the printing press, the materials and processes used, while vehicles for expression, also seem to contain it. Boundaries provide definition but I also hope to find ways through or around them, to see beyond them, with sight sharpened by them at the same time. Etching makes a bitten line that when printed sits up on the paper’s surface. The objective quality of this raised line helps distance it from the world of illusion and bring it closer to the material world. A group of five large etchings are called, ‘Abat-Voix’*. They are made in four adjoining sections, with dense fields of tightly packed lines juxtaposed against each other. Similar in format, surfaces – black (zinc plates) or silver (copper plates) – are differentiated by the specific characteristics of the metals and drawing tools used to make them. Made through a combination of autographic and mechanical process, the work requires a machine-like attention, but benefits from my not being a machine, or from my being only an imperfect one, a machine with feelings. Smaller works, ‘Tests/Arrangement’, are made from test plates for the larger ones. Based on familiar tropes, off-settings, and doublings of various kinds, each work is made from combinations of repeated elements, unique iterations carrying the referent of other possibilities within them. More info on -www.greenonredgallery.com/exhibition.php?intProjectID=113

EXHIBITION: Drawn To The Page Exhibition at Trinity College

NEWS: Print Week in New York

Print Week - starts 29th October in New York This lively schedule of lectures, exhibitions, demonstrations, gallery talks, and openings is focused on printmaking and its vitality as an artistic practice. Print Week enables collectors, artists, scholars, educators, and the public to connect with IFPDA member galleries, museums, and non-profit organizations to discover new projects, enrich their knowledge of fine prints, and expand or begin their own collections.

ARTIST: Richard Serra - Double Rift 2012

Richard Serra latest etching published by Geminigel. Double Rift I, 2012 3-panel, 1 color etching 94 x 144 in. (238.8 x 365.7 cm) A renowned sculptor, Richard Serra’s works on paper are an integral part of his artistic endeavors. Typically, he makes drawings or prints after the completion of his sculptures as a way of re-visiting and re-examining the three-dimensional forms. His newest editions, Rift I and Double Rift I, are large-scale diptych and triptych etchings. These monumental images further the artist’s investigations of scale, spatial relations and perception. more images on //geminigel.tumblr.com

EXHIBITION: Magical Materials at the Science Gallery Dublin

MAGICAL MATERIALS: UNLEASH YOUR SUPERPOWERS Exhibition 15/09/12 - 14/10/12

What makes a material magical? An ability to change shape before your eyes, to turn from a liquid to a solid or to be one of the lightest materials on earth and yet also one of the strongest? MAGICAL MATERIALS explores the properties of some of the world’s most mysterious materials, giving you an opportunity to investigate and experiment at the cutting edge of material science.