HARDWARE GALLERY
EXHIBITIONS: ARTISTS BOOKS
HARDWARE GALLERY
1986-2003
1986 – 1992 at 277 Hornsey Road, Islington, London N7 6RZ 1993 – 2003 at 162 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5BY ARTISTS BOOKS EXHIBITION LIST All exhibitions at Hardware Gallery unless otherwise stated
1988
Sandy Sykes Lorca’s Lament
Book Launch for ‘Lament for Ignatio Sanchez Mejias’ by Garcia Lorca. Limited edition artists’ book: Translation - Neil Crawford, Woodcuts - Sandy Sykes
12-30 April
Press release / Reviews: Art Monthly, Arts Review Magazine
1988 / 1989
Curved Space An exhibition of New British Livres d’Artiste
Featuring: Les Bicknell, Marion Bruce, John Dilnot, Harvey Daniels, Julia Farrer, Clare Haxby, Vivien Hendry, Rob Kesseler, Kieran McCann, Bruce McLean & Mel Gooding, Matthew Tyson, Ian Tyson, Jake Tilson, Adrian Wiszniewski,
8 December -28 January
Reviews: Time Out, Guardian, Arts Review Magazine, Art Monthly, Galleries 1990
Simon Lewandowski Perfect Mountains of the Heart 5-24 March
Patrick Gorman Ghost Train Unique photographic book April - May
Tim Long Corpus Christi 10 October – 10 November Reviews: Arts Review Magazine, City Limits, Time Out,
1993
The First Ever Artists Book Fair Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London 29 May Review: Galleries,
Threshold An Exhibition of Unique Books Dionne Hood , Sandy Sykes, Adam Reynolds, Simon Lewandowski, Rob Kessler, Alice Maude Roxby, Tim Long, Chrys Allen, Chris Taylor, Marian Bruce, John Dilnot, David Laing, Julia Farrer, Mel Gooding, Bruce McLean, Ian Tyson, Mathew Tyson, Les Bicknell, Ron King, Sophie Artemis, Simon Spain, Déirdre Kelly, John Christe, Randy Klein, Roger Grech. 25 May – 30 June Reviews: Galleries, Time Out, Independent Contemporary British Artists Books Curated by Ian Tyson Natalie D’Arbeloff, Basil Beattie, John Bently, Les Bicknell, David Blamey, Pavel Buchler, Ken Campbell, Paolo Carraro, John Christie, Bob Cobbing, John Dilnot, Julia Farrer, Derrick Greaves, Susan Johanknecht, Ron King, Bruce McLean, Frances Noon, Ti Parks, Telfer Stokes, Jake Tilson, Matthew Tyson, Ian Tyson, Kate Whiteford, Adrian Wisniewski , Verdi Yahooda. 27 October - 28 November
1994
Contemporary British Artists’ Books Art ‘94 participation *London Art Fair, British Design Centre Islington, London 19 - 23 January
Simon Lewandowski Works on Film & Paper 10 - 30 January Review : Galleries
Artists’ Book Fair ‘94 Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London April 20-22
Les Bicknell The Ordinary made Extraordinary Contemporary Bookworks
18-30 April Looking at Words, Reading Pictures: Artists’ publications from the United Kingdom presented by Hardware Gallery. Readings by Les Coleman & Brian Catling. Curated by David Blamey. Art in Ruins, Phil Baines, David Blamey, Henry Bond, Pavel Büchler, Brian Catling, Les Coleman, Simon Cutts, Hamish Fulton, Andy Goldsworthy, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Denise Hawrysio, Waldemar Januszczak, Martin Jacques, Daniel Jubb, Tim Lewis, Richard Long, Robert Maude , Alan Murray, Cornelia Parker, Childe Roland, Colin Sackett, Georgina Starr, Telfer Stokes, Helen Douglas, Jake Tilson, David Tremlett, Ian Tyson, Erica Van Horn, Stephen Willats, Verdi Yahooda, & Silvia Ziranek. Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, London 19 April – 7 May
Reviews: Galleries, Time Out, Independent
Unfolding Marian Bruce, Barry Cooper, Reiko Kubo, Mutalib Mann 14-30 June
Some of a Kind Ian Tyson New bookworks Ian Tyson with Tetrad Press including:-Tom Phillips, Derrick Greaves, James Hugonin, Julia Farrer & Gottfried Honegger. 29 September - 22 October
Review: Printmaking Today 1995
Contemporary Print Show ‘95, Simon Lewandowski, Anne Desmet, Duncan Bullen, Sarah Thomson amongst others Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 11- 26 April
Crevice/Map Susan Johanknecht & Jenifer Newson Book Installation 25 April – 13 May
Gordon Senior Crossing Open Ground 23 May – 3 June
My Grandmother, My Mother, Myself artists’ bookworks 22 June – 8 July
Les Coleman Made to Measure Installation accompanied by book launch Limited Edition book ’Colemania’ published by Hardware Gallery 10 November - 2 December
Artists’ Book Fair ‘95 Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre 9-12 November Artist Books: Conference Chair: Clive Phillpot, Speakers: John Bently, David Blamey, Simon Cutts, Helen Douglas, Susan Johanknecht, Ron King, Bruce McLean, Telfer Stokes, Les Bicknell, Déirdre Kelly & Jane Rolo. Clore Gallery Auditorium, Tate Gallery, London 9 November
1996
Contemporary British Artists’ Books Art ‘96 participation at invitation of the Contemporary Art Society John Bentley, Andrew Bick, Les Bicknell, David Blamey, Marian Bruce, Ken Campbell, Simon Cutts, Patrick Caulfield, John Dilnot, Julia Farrer, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Erica Van Horn, Dale Devereux Barker & EM Hill, Rob Kesseler, Ron King, Randy Klein, Simon Lewandowski, Bruce McLean & Mel Gooding, Richard Long, Eduardo Paolozzi, Ti Parks, Victor Pasmore, Adam Reynolds, Telfer Stokes, Sandy Sykes, Jake Tilson, Joe Tilson, Ian Tyson, Mathhew Tyson, Kate Whiteford, Adrian Wiszniewski.
*London Art Fair, British Design Centre Islington, London January
Phil Redford The Wagner Series Books, paintings & prints
7-30 March
The Contemporary Print Show ‘96 , Tony Crossley, Anne Desmet, Déirdre Kelly, Susanne Kiely, Sandy Sykes, Sarah Thomson
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre , London. 11- 26 April Cover to Cover British Artists Books *London Print Workshop, London 8 - 31 May
The Garden Artists’ books touring Show from Hardware Gallery Arts in Fife, Arts Council Scotland
The London Artists’ Book Fair ‘96
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 7-9 November
Bound to Happen Curated by Jonathan Ward, Making Space Featuring artists: Sarah Bodman, Jonathan Ward, Stephen Hoskins and Publishers: Making Space, Bristol and Plaatsmaken, Arnhem. 7 - 30 November Reviews: The Art Newspaper
1997
The Contemporary Print Show ‘97, Anne Desmet, Simon Lewandowski, Déirdre Kelly, Susanne Kiely, Heidi Koenig, Phil Redford, Sandy Sykes, Sarah Thomson.
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 11- 26 April Karen Babayan Koo Koo paintings, prints, books & objects 12 September - 4 October
Sandy Sykes Rewrite: Blank White Page 10 October - 1 November
Catalogue: The Dante Series’ Hardware London 1996. ISBN 1 90211 00 Article by Mel Gooding
The London Artists’ Book Fair ‘97 Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 7-9 November
The AgB.Box Plus (project: box) Launch of a boxed series of Artists Prints. Published by Loughborough University collectively known as The Angels of Georges Braque’.:- Mandy Bonnell, Richard Davies, Peter Dover, Oona Grimes, Brenden Hansboro, John Hewitt, Brian Hodgson, Mikel Horl, Tuula Joutsen, Andrzej Klimowski, Simon Lewandowski, Marko Maetamme, Melanie Manchot, Stephen Mumberson, Pete Nevin, Phil Redford, Lol Sargent, Mick Wootton 5 - 29 November 1998
The Contemporary Print Show ‘98
Anne Desmet, Peter Dover, Daniel Gibson, Simon Lewandowski, Déirdre Kelly, Heidi Koenig, Caroline Mole, Stephen Mumberson, Sandy Sykes, Sarah Thomson.
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 6 - 17 March
The First Contemporary Artist Book Fair *Dean Clough Halifax April Review: ‘Watch Start Art’ BBC
The London Artists’ Book Fair ‘98
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 23 -25 October
1999
Books by Artists Impact International Print Conference, *University of West of England, Bristol, UK 22 - 25 September
The London Artists’ Book Fair ‘99
*Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 7-9 November
2000
3rd Contemporary Artist Book Fair
*Dean Clough, Halifax, UK April
Catalogue:
Book Works View & Re - View curated by Book Works & Déirdre Kelly
*London Print Studio Gallery, London 26 May - 15 July
Inside Cover: Twenty Books for the Millennium curated by Jonathan Ward, Making Space & Déirdre Kelly
*London Print Studio Gallery, London On tour The Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax, & Edinburgh City Library 22 September - 11 November Review: ‘Arts Review’,
The London Artists’ Book Fair Concourse Gallery, Barbican Centre, London. 7-9 November 2001
4th Contemporary Artist Book Fair
*Dean Clough, Halifax, UK May
Catalogue:
Bookshop Installation of artists’ books December - January
*Dean Clough, Halifax UK
2002
5th Contemporary Artist Book Fair
*Dean Clough, Halifax, UK January www.deirdrekelly.net www.deirdrekellyartistbookcollection.com www.hardwaregalleryarchive.com