CODEX 2024/The Embodied Press: queer abstraction and the artists’ book – Reception at Kala Gallery
There will be a reception on Saturday, Feb 3, 3-6pm with the CODEX 2024 book fair opening. Stop by and meet the curator and artists!
The Embodied Press: queer abstraction and the artists’ book curated by Anthea Black. It’s on view through Feb 9. Gallery hours are Tues-Fri, 12-5pm. We will be open on Saturdays, Jan 27, 12-4pm and Feb 3, 12-6pm.
CODEX 2024
Please stop by our table—W42 at the upcoming CODEX Book Art Fair. We’re super excited to be a part of this event and hope to see you there!
The CODEX Foundation announces the 9th International Biennial Book Art Fair & Symposium, February 4–7, 2024. The fair will take place in a brand new location: the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California. The symposium and related events will take place in Berkeley and across the Bay Area.
The fair & symposium endeavors to bring to the attention of the public the importance and value of the book arts and their essential role in transmitting cultural history. This event supports and facilitates collaboration across the globe between artists, scholars, curators, and collectors in the production and preservation of meaningful scholarly and artistic contributions to the book arts field.
This year the event will host over 200 tables of individual artists, as well as nonprofits, centers, and organizations that specialize in the field. There will also be tables representing academic programs with student work, bookbinding collectives, suppliers of specialized book arts materials and tools, and galleries/book dealers representing other artist bookmakers. The work that is shown is all within the realm of artists’ books, book arts, and fine press books where you will find craft and concept united in a future vision of the physical book as a work of art. The fair draws an international crowd of artists, printers, bookmakers, designers, poets, writers, printmakers,
Event Details
Date: February 3, 2024
Time: 3:00 pm–6:00 pm
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
10 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94607