Location: Whitmore Reans Branch Library, Bargate Drive, Wolverhampton, WV6 0QW.
Time: Reading at 5.30pm (Exhibition open daily). Booking is not required.
Artist Abigail Reynolds will be exhibiting work as part of the British Art Show 9 and Wolverhampton Literary Festival between 22nd January – 10th April 2022.
When Words are Forgotten is available to view in the main exhibition space at Whitmore Reans Branch Library in Wolverhampton with readings taking place in the company of, and illuminated by Abigail’s installation.
Elliptical Reading creates a regular reading hour in a library for readers to share short sections from favourite books, generating an unruly text collage which builds over time. Images of the readers’ hands are embossed on new bindings for their chosen volumes, replacing the title. In Aberdeen, Elliptical Reading is presented at Aberdeen Central Library where visitors can find re-bound books on the shelves. These books are available for other library users to browse but have been re-shelved by the readers in new places, outside their usual categories. A guide, which includes a map with the locations of these books, are available in the library and on the BAS9 website.
The exhibition and readings are part of the Elliptical Reading project, supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme.
About the Artist:
Abigail Reynolds is an English artist whose multifaceted practice encompasses collage, photography, sculpture, printing, film, video, performance, and installation. She lives and works in far west Cornwall.
Recent solo exhibitions include Taken in a few seconds /// By the reflection of light Harris Museum Preston, 2020 The Universal Now and further episodes PEER gallery London 2018 and We Beat the Bounds commissioned by Tate St Ives to celebrate the opening of their new building in 2017. She was the third recipient of the BMW art journey awarded at Art Basel in 2016, and consequently made a journey to fifteen former great libraries along the ancient Silk Road. Her book ‘Lost Libraries’ was published by Hatje Cantz in December 2017 and is widely available.
She will be working across all the cities of the British Art Show 9 tour (Wolverhampton: opening March 2021, Aberdeen: opening July 2021, Plymouth: opening November 2021, Manchester: opening May 2022)
IG: @abigailreynoldsartist
W: abigailreynolds.com
Reading groups are on Wednesdays at 5.30pm on the following dates:
26th Jan
2nd Feb
9th Feb
16th Feb
23rd Feb
Current Work:
BAS9 Wolverhampton 22nd January – 10th April 2022
Newlyn Gallery ‘What Lies Behind’ to 8th January 2022
Michael Hoppen Gallery
