Turning the Page

Exhibition dates: 29 September - 3 November 2018
Private View: Thursday 27 September 2018, 6-9pm
Turning the Page is an exhibition of artist books that is the culmination of a collaboration between Art Byte Critique – a Japanese artist collective and artists in the North West. The dialogue between these groups was established in 2017 enabling an ongoing sharing of ideas and practices that manifests in the works presented at PAPER.
The artist books on show depict the underlying practice of these seventeen artists, nine of which are based in the North-West and eight artists living and working in Tokyo. Although influenced by a range of interests and concerns, as well as where they live and work, the books are a visual expression of personal work with some interesting connections. These artist books have many guises, created using materials ranging from traditional paper and printed ink, to fabric surfaces, found objects and much more. These books and zines push at boundaries, extending and questioning the form to convey messages of personal passions, to provoke memories and to comment and question life and the world we inhabit.
The artists’ books were originally brought together to celebrate World Book Day 2017 and shown in libraries throughout St Helens before travelling to Tokyo. This exhibition at PAPER will run concurrent with a showing of the artists’ work at Launch Pad Gallery in Yokohama. The project is the first stage in a cross-cultural dialogue and a base for future collaboration.​​​​​​​

Patty Hudak                
Space Junk                                         
 Photocopy
105 x 297 mm                        
Edition of 10
2017
£10
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Patty Hudak                
Tokyo Notes                                        
Photocopy                                          
2017   
210 x 148 mm                        
Edition of 10   
£10
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Yuko Kamei                
The Great Stillness                             
Offset Printing, Silkscreen                   
2017   
140 x 105 mm                        
Edition of 10
£10
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Jacqui Priestley
Flow                                                         
Hand Bound Drawing
21 x15x1cm           
Unique
2018
£150
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Jacqui Priestley               
Melancholia                                            
Poetry & drawings on various paper     
2018      
 29.5x16cm              
Edition of 3         
£50
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Louise Rouse              
Misremembered America                   
Risograph on Paper                            
2017   
257 x 182 mm                        
Edition of 15   
£15
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Claire Weetman              
Ariadne’s Thread                                    
card/tracingpaper/screenprint/thread
7.5 x 7.5x5cm         
Edition of 3     
2018
£150
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Arthur Huang               
dialogue #2 – black                            
Pigment on Paper                              
2017   
105 x 148 mm                        
Edition of 10   
£10
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Arthur Huang              
dialogue #3 – blue                            
Pigment on Paper                              
2017   
148 x 105 mm                        
Edition of 10   
£10
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A J Malone                    
A Module Story                                       
paper/ink/ply                                            
2018      
10.5x10.5x1cm        
Edition of 2  each  
£50
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Yvonne Tinsley                
A Journey of Memories                          
ink/card/train tickets/paper                    
13.5 x 7.7cm 
2018           

Lori Ono                     
Bumble                                               
Photograph, Slide Holder                   
2017   
50 x 50 x 20 mm         
Edition of 10   
£10
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Lori Ono                     
Butterfly                                              
Digital Photograph, Paper                  
2016   
50 x 50 x 10 mm         
Edition of 10   
£10
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Lyle Nisenholz                        
Bonobobook7                                     
Pigment on Paper                              
2015   
174 x 137 mm                        
Edition of 20
£20
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Lyle Nisenholz                        
Bonobobook5                                     
Pigment on Paper                              
2015   
128 x 100 mm                        
Edition of 20
£20
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Deanna Gabiga          
Route 66                                             
Embroidery, Map, String, Upholstery  
2014   
121 x 115 mm                        
Unique            
£75
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Jane Barwood              
Tourist Atlas for Lost Souls                      
card/paper/acetate/old books 
12x12x24cm
2018
£200
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Arthur Huang              
October 2016 Memory Walks              
Pigment on Paper                              
2017   
60 x 60 x 25 mm         
Edition of 10   
£30
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Lori Ono                      
The Artful Fish                                                
Ink on Paper                                       
2017   
74 x 74 mm                
Variable Edition

Lori Ono                     
Mainichi Mushroom Issue                   
Ink on Paper                               
2016 – 2017           
210 x 148 mm each   
Edition of 15   
£5 each
(Issues 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14)
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Carol Miller      `            
Circular Walk                                           
Ink & Bleach on paper                            
2018    

Jeni McConnell               
How Will This End                                  
beach found plastics/rubber/ boat rope/plastic bag/transparent sheet
2018      
9x7x4cm  

Paul Cousins                 
Postcards from the sky                            
Paper/Card/Paint/tin                               
2018    
24x17x6cm                     

Joan Birkett                    
We Need To Talk                                     
Paper/canvas/survival blanket
83cmx11cm
2018              

About Art Byte Critique
Art Byte Critique was created in 2012 by Arthur Huang in response to a desire for a community of artists interested in sharing ideas and providing feedback for work; its purpose was to find a productive outlet for resources that could grow studio practice. The collective has become a touchstone or home base for the participating artists. The term “Art Byte” is a play on the Japanese (German-derived) word for part-time work, アルバイト (arubaito), as most of the participating artists also have other occupations. Driven by concerns about the sustainability of an artistic practice in the current globalized contemporary art environment, Art Byte Critique focuses less on the big picture of the contemporary art world and more on the development of a smaller, more actionable community of artists with a range of practices and perspectives. There is no formal membership in Art Byte Critique, rather a conscious decision to create a fluid environment where all artists are informed of all activities and are invited to participate as and when they wish.
About Nine Artists

Nine Artists are a group of artists living and working around the Northwest town of St. Helens. Their individual artistic practices are diverse but their shared interest in engaging with a wider audience has been the starting point for the collaboration with Art Byte.  An initial research grant, awarded to Joan Birkett by Heart of Glass, enabled the pursuit of connections in Japan where Joan has family. The exchange of artist books created by members of both groups has been the first of many future initiatives that bring the individuals, their practice and their culture together.