Luis Jacob | Album

Luis Jacob
Album
Edmonton/Toronto, Canada: Latitude 53/Art Metropole, 2002
[unpaginated], 14 x 21.5 cm., softcover
Edition size unknown

The first in the artists' Album series, which are comprised entirely of black and white reproductions from the Jacob's collection of magazine, textbook and newspaper photos. A visual narrative with comical and political intent.

Available from the publisher, here, for $30.00.

Objects Food Rooms at Tanya Bonakdar

Gertrude Stein's 1914 book of poetry Tender Buttons is divided into three sections: "Objects", "Food", and "Rooms". Curator Andria Hickey uses the headings as the title for a group show featuring Darren Bader, Nairy Baghramian, Frank Benson, Rachel Harrison, Luis Jacob, Esther Kläs, Ursula Mayer, Roula Partheniou, Laure Prouvost, Magali Reus, Arlene Shechet, and Haim Steinbach.

The exhibition opens tonight from 6 to 8pm and continues until July 31st.

For more information, visit the gallery site, here.

Artinfo's Top Six Canadian Art Books

Rea McNamara and Sky Goodden's picks for best Art Books this season include Philip Monk's “Glamour is Theft: A User’s Guide to General Idea 1969-1978”, Chester Brown's “The Playboy”,
Luis Jacob's overview “Seeing and Believing”, Kelly Richardson's first monograph “The Last Frontier”, Micah Lexier's “Working as a Drawing” and “Animals with Sharpies” by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber.


Read the full article here.

pin holes

Unidentified asshole, Luis Jacob pin circa 1999, and Public Cervix Announcement by porn star turned sex educator and artist, Annie Sprinkle. The button shares the same name as her best known performance art piece, in which she invites audiences to view her cervix with a speculum and flashlight.