Wednesday, January 23 – Thursday, January 27, 2013
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New York: The Art Fair Company is pleased to announce that the METRO Show has formed an alliance with the Editions | Artists’ Book Fair. This new cooperative venture will enable the group to mount the 15th edition of the E|AB Fair which, scheduled to take place November 1-4, was cancelled due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Editions | Artists’ Books runs concurrently in the Altman Building next door to the Metropolitan Pavilion.

“Understanding that Susan Inglett’s Editions | Artists’ Book Fair was a casualty of the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, we are delighted to provide a home for her esteemed fair” said Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, director of the METRO Show.

Says Susan Inglett: “We are grateful to our friends and colleagues at The Art Fair Company who have provided this incredible opportunity and are pleased to be exhibiting alongside their annual METRO Show at the adjacent Metropolitan Pavilion.”

According to Inglett, visitors can count on exciting new offerings from the distinguished international exhibitors, as well as a full schedule of innovative events and opportunities. Special events include Kayrock’s update on the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse, Invisible Corps, featuring artists Matthew Brannon, Ernesto Caivano, Chie Fueki, Kanishka Raja, Fred Tomaselli and Wendy White who will work independently throughout the day towards a final collaboration, printed and sold on site. Not to be outdone, Print Center has orchestrated the installation of a spectacular performative creation from Dennis McNett, Viking Ship. McNett, known for his elaborate constructions papered with relief prints, will be leading a workshop in Viking Shields. Visitors will have yet another chance to get their hands dirty when bookmaker extraordinaire Esther Smith hosts “Make Your Own Artists’ Books”. Punk Cult Club (Holland) comes to New York care of artKitchen and Luiscius Books in the form of lectures, screenings and a hair salon. Mohawk, anyone? Finally, Long Life China will create long life china before your very eyes. For information about all of this and more, visit www.eabfair.com for updates.

Says Inglett: “In honor of our 15th Anniversary, we have the great pleasure of announcing that Dana Schutz has created the special edition print to benefit the Fair.” The presciently named Backstroke has been produced as a three-color woodblock print in a limited edition of 25. Dana has been working in innovative ways in printmaking since her graduation from Columbia in 2002 and continues to push our understanding and appreciation for the medium. Please support E|AB by adding this wonderful piece by Dana Schutz to your collection. Call for availability 212.647.9111 or email info@eabfair.com.

The following is a list of this year’s participants:

Anartist, NYC; artKitchen, Amsterdam; Aspinwall Editions, NYC; Benefit Print Project, NYC; Booklyn, Brooklyn; Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions at Rutgers University, New Brunswick; Bywater Bros. Editions, Toronto; Cannonball Press, Brooklyn; Carroll and Sons, Boston; Center Street Studio, Milton, MA; Bernard Chaveau Editeur, Paris; Cirrus Gallery & Cirrus Editions Ltd., LA; Clay Street Press, Cincinnati; Collaborative Art Editions, Temple Terrace, FL; Derringer Books, Woodbridge, CT; Division Leap, Portland; Evil Prints, St. Louis; Forth Estate, Brooklyn; Fulton Ryder, NYC; Graphic Matter, Antwerp; Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis; Galerie Ernst Hilger, Vienna; I.C. Editions, Inc., NYC; International Print Center, NYC: Island Press, St. Louis; Jungle Press Editions, Brooklyn; Kayrock, Brooklyn; David Krut Projects, Johannesburg/NYC; Landfall Press, Inc., Santa Fe; Le Neant Editeur, Paris; Lincoln Center Vera List Art Project, NYC; Long Life China Company, Brooklyn; Lower East Side Printshop, Inc., NYC; Luiscius Books, s’ Hertogenbosch; Marginal Editions, Brooklyn; LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, NYC; Oehme Graphics, Steamboat Springs; The Print Center, Philadelphia; Purgatory Pie Press, NYC; Revue Noire, Paris; 6 Decades Books, Brooklyn; Solo Impression, NYC; Specific Object, NYC; Studio 339, NYC; Kornelia Tamm Fine Arts, Rhinebeck; Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence; Cristen Tierney Gallery, NYC; 21st Editions, South Dennis, MA; Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, NH; and Irving Zucker Art Books, NYC.

For more info, please visit www.metroshownyc.com.

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