Opening: Thursday, April 27 2017
Exhibition duration: April 27 – June 3, 2017
Location: Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, 3 Herakleitou str., Athens 10673, Greece
Curator: David Sampethai and Eleftheria Tseliou
Participating artists: Marcel Duchamp- Richard Hamilton, Gerhard Richter, Nobuyoshi Araki, Gilbert and George, Edward Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Giannis Tsarouhis, William Kentridge, Richard Hamilton, Ito Jakuchu, Ulisses Carrion, Nikos Egonopoulos, Tom Phillips, Dan Flavin, Robert Filliou, Felix- Gonzales Torres, Wolf Vostel, Anne Carson, Roni Horn, Daynita Singh, Jan Voss, Alexis Akrithakis, Marcel Broodthaers, Arnulf Reiner, Boyle family, John Kefallinos, Jean – Francois Bory, Luis Jacob, Bruno Munari, Hanna Schimek, Tom Wasmuth, Dimitris Galanis, Claes Oldenburg, Christian Boltanski as well as the ones of Andonakis , Stemna Asemi – Christina Tzialla, Andonis Vathis, Maria Georgoula, John Ganas, Ioanna Gouzeli, Kostas Gouzelis, Maria Efstathiou, Apostolos Karastergiou, Markos Kambanis, Peggy Kliafa, Helias Cohen, Dimitris Kondos, Andreas Lymberatos, John Michaelides, Margarita Myrogianni, Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Nina Papakonstandinou, David Sambethai, Kyrillos Sarris, Sophia Stavropoulou, Kostas Tsolis, George Hatzimihalis, Max Eulitz, Aidan Koch, John Ryaner, Cube Art Editions, Deste Foundation Publications.
Peggy Kliafa participates in the show with the artwork:
Possible Side Effects, 2017, 35x26x3 cm. ARTIST’S BOOK: COVER: Aluminium pills blisters, silicone, leather, paper, INSIDE: black marker on the Medicines’ Instructions of Use sheets, paper
In May 2016 David Sampethai and Eleftheria Tseliou discussed for the first time Sampethai’s idea of an exhibition with artists’ books. Almost one year later the exhibition entitled “The Library Show” is presented in Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens.
The gallery space is transformed into a library and reading room, where one can see, browse or read, except from books of contemporary artists, historic publications/editions that the gallery has borrowed from private collections, as the one of Marcel Duchamp- Richard Hamilton, Gerhard Richter, Nobuyoshi Araki, Gilbert and George, Edward Ruscha, Allan Kaprow, Giannis Tsarouhis, William Kentridge, Richard Hamilton, Ito Jakuchu, Ulisses Carrion, Nikos Egonopoulos, Tom Phillips, Dan Flavin, Robert Filliou, Felix- Gonzales Torres, Wolf Vostel, Anne Carson, Roni Horn, Daynita Singh, Jan Voss, Alexis Akrithakis, Marcel Broodthaers, Arnulf Reiner, Boyle family, John Kefallinos, Jean – Francois Bory, Luis Jacob, Bruno Munari, Hanna Schimek, Tom Wasmuth, Dimitris Galanis, Claes Oldenburg, Christian Boltanski as well as the ones of Andonakis , Stemna Asemi – Christina Tzialla, Andonis Vathis, Maria Georgoula, John Ganas, Ioanna Gouzeli, Kostas Gouzelis, Maria Efstathiou, Apostolos Karastergiou, Markos Kambanis, Peggy Kliafa, Helias Cohen, Dimitris Kondos, Andreas Lymberatos, John Michaelides, Margarita Myrogianni, Aliki Panagiotopoulou, Nina Papakonstandinou, David Sambethai, Kyrillos Sarris, Sophia Stavropoulou, Kostas Tsolis, George Hatzimihalis, Max Eulitz, Aidan Koch, John Ryaner, Cube Art Editions, Deste Foundation Publications.