exhibition

Blood on Paper - the Art of the Book

Artists Damien Hirst, Louise Bourgeois, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georg Baselitz, Sol Lewitt, Robert Rauschenberg

15.Apr.08 - 29.Jun.08
Daily 10-5.45, Wed 10-10

Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL
020 7942 2000
vanda@vam.ac.uk
www.vam.ac.uk
Tube South Kensington, Knightsbridge/ Belgravia

This exhibition explores the 'way in which the book has been treated by leading artists of today and the recent past'. The exhibition selects books which reveal both the creative process and the soul of the artist in question. Formats and production methods vary enormously. Some works show the virtuosity of traditional ‘hot metal’ printing techniques, others take the commercially-produced book as the starting point of their statements, yet others produce stunning large-scale installations and sculptures.

FREE ADMISSION! See the V&A website for further details.