Number 35 is pleased to present “Holiday Reading” curated by Ron Keyson of Wallpaper LAB. Monastic life in a 12th century scriptorium and artistic life in a 21st century studio converge in a contemporary exploration of the illuminated manuscript form.

Eleven artists, ten texts and Marilyn Minter’s “merry merry” tree oscilllate as one meta-installation, posing the question, “Can books, magazines, newspapers and online content still evoke resonant images?”

The Book of Disquiet, NEWSWEEK, 1984, Human Anatomy, On the Beach, The Godfather, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, China Star Ledger, The New York Times and the National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather are studied, meditated upon and illuminated. The resultant work will show features of the original text as well as its visual elucidation. Many presentations will form a diptych – each diptych a mirror world.

The installation itself will echo the image of lines of text: the ten works to be laid out on a single white page/wall. The gallery itself is illuminated as sign.