Abby Leigh, One Evening, 2011, Handmade cotton and abaca paper with letterpress, Edition of 30
Susan Gosin, Emily Dickinson, Selected Poems, 1980, Etchings and watermarks on silk, linen, and cotton paper, Edition of 32
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Join Dieu Donné on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 6:30pm for a conversation with artists Abby Leigh, Susan Gosin, and Nazanin Noroozi in an exploration of Gosin and Leigh’s work combining printmaking and hand papermaking in the form of artists’ books. As the inaugural Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellow, Nazanin selected two key works dealing with materiality, tactility, and literature: One Evening, (2011) by Abby Leigh, held in the collections of MoMA and the Whitney Museum of Art, and Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems, (1980) by Susan Gosin, held in the collections of Virginia Commonwealth University and University of Michigan. Both books approach the combination of handmade paper, intaglio, and poetry with distinctive artistic perspectives and exceptional craftsmanship. In this webinar, the artists will discuss the creative and collaborative process behind these works, as well as the history of artist’s books at Dieu Donné. Special thanks to the IFPDA Foundation for their generous support of this program.
About the Artists
Abby Leigh is an American artist based in New York City. Abby Leigh's work examines the relationship of order and randomness; microcosm and macrocosm; and what lies beneath the surface, both literally and conceptually. Her work is held in public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; among others. Leigh has exhibited extensively across Europe and the United States, most recently at Tennis Elbow at the Journal Gallery, in Tribeca.
Susan Gosin co-founded Dieu Donné in New York in 1976, collaborating with artists and writers as designer and publisher of two and three-dimensional art and limited editions of artist’s books. Her artist’s books have been exhibited and collected by numerous institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Yale University, and The American Cultural Center, Tel Aviv, Israel. Gosin has been awarded grants from The National Endowment for the Arts and The Tiffany Foundation and in 2006 received the Printmaker Emeritus Award from the Southern Graphics Council. As a teacher and educator, she has developed curricula and designed studio programs for The New School, Rutgers University, Amagansett Applied Arts, The Phumani Archival Mill, Johannesburg, South Africa, and The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt.
Nazanin Noroozi is the inaugural Marabeth Cohen-Tyler Print/Paper Fellow. She is a multi-media artist incorporating moving images, printmaking and alternative photography processes to reflect on notions of collective memory, displacement and fragility. Nazanin’s work has been widely exhibited in both Iran and the United States, including the Immigrant Artist Biennial, Noyes Museum of Art, NY Live Arts, Prizm Art Fair, and Columbia University. She is the recipient of awards and fellowships from New York Foundation for the arts (video & film) Artistic Freedom Initiative, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYFA IAP 2018, Mass MoCA Residency, and Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. She is an editor at large of Kaarnamaa, a Journal of Art History and Criticism. Nazanin completed her MFA in painting and drawing from Pratt Institute. Her works have been featured in various publications and media including BBC News Persian, Elephant Magazine, Financial Times, and Brooklyn Rail.
How to Attend
This online event will take place on Tuesday, October 25th from 6:30 PM—7:30 PM EST. The conversation will last approximately 45 minutes, followed by questions. To attend, register via Eventbrite. This program is pay-as-you-wish, with a suggested donation of $5.00. Attendees can access the live event through Eventbrite’s Online Event Page.
All Dieu Donné virtual events include the option of live virtual captioning. A recording of this event will be posted later this fall. If you have any questions, please contact our Grants & Education Manager, Hannah Katz, at hkatz@dieudonne.org.