Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Flinn Gallery
101 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
The first exhibition of Flinn Gallery’s 2021-2022 season highlights the artwork of Shiela Hale, Chris Perry, Andrew Sovjani, and Erin Walrath, whose works celebrate the beauty and materiality of books. It also heralds the reopening of the Flinn Gallery and joyously welcomes the return of three-dimensional artworks to the space. Whether installations, sculptures, photographs, or constructions, the works of art in this show are meaningful explorations of the concept and the craft of books. They use the tomes themselves, rather than the words within, to communicate.
They are made of books, and they are about books, but they are also creative reinventions of printed texts. They are Not By The Book. With this exhibition, the Flinn Gallery invites visitors to look at books in new ways, offering the opportunity to experience books – and their component parts – with visual delight.
Co-curated by Flinn Gallery Members Leslee Asch and Kira Albinsky, Not By The Book will be on view at the Flinn Gallery on the 2nd Floor of Greenwich Library from September 23 to December 8, 2021.