Pamphlet Library

A collection of twentieth century polemical pamphlets - each one exemplifying a pressing issue and opinion of their time.


Charlottenborg Books, Copenhagen, 9 November - 7 December 2011
www.charlottenborgbooks.com

SE8 Gallery, London, 7 May - 11 July 2010
'The Mulberry Tree Press'
A changing topical selection of pamphlets presented within a group show about space, object and text. Part one: 'The Post-Election Selection'. Part two: 'Reading List for the Coalition Government'. Also the launch of a new series of pamphlets: New Sixpenny Pamphlets, five new texts by contemporary writers which revived arguments made in these pamphlets by E.M. Forster, Stephen Spender, John Betjeman, Virginia Woolf and Graham Bell around personal morality; art and politics; the heritage industry; the circulation and appreciation of art; and artists and capitalism.
www.se8.org.uk

Islington Mill, Salford, 9–11  April 2010
'Reading for Reading's Sake'
'Pamphletathon' pamphlet-reading marathon, part of a weekend of reading, workshops and performances.
www.readingforreadingssake.wordpress.com

SPACE, London, 6 November - 19 December 2009
'WHAT I BELIEVE (A Polemical Collection)'
Fully accessible library presented on specially-made bespoke furniture that formed shelves, seats and lecturns for the events. A reading group and five print works highlighted a particular series: The Hogarth Sixpenny Pamphlets published by the Hogarth Press in 1939 to “provide thinking people with the means to consider fundamental problems in art, literature, taste and morals”. On the penultimate weekend of the exhibition a free symposium explored the subject of Agitation.
www.spacestudios.org.uk

Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, 1 - 30 May 2009
'Paper Trail: Serial Material', group show
www.galleryatsui.com

Takt, Berlin, 13 September - 11 October 2008
'Pamphlet Library', reference library and watercolour paintings
www.taktberlin.org

SPACE exhibitionInstallation at SPACE: WHAT I BELIEVE (A Polemical Collection), 2009

library

library reading

antiquarian prejudice
Antiquarian Prejudice (John Betjeman), screenprint on paper


What I Believe (E.M. Forster), screenprint on paper

space show