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SUMMARY:Buzz Spector: Off the Shelf
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DESCRIPTION:The Grunwald Gallery of Art is pleased to announce Buzz Spector: Off the She
 lf.  This exhibition will open to the public with a lecture and reception\, 
 Friday\, October 19\, and be on view through Saturday\, November 16\, 2012. 
  The exhibition is part of a broader discussion of the relevance and role of
  books and libraries in the arts and humanities.  A panel discussion on Octo
 ber 24th "Books\, Text and Information" will broach such topics as the futur
 e of the book\, the importance of stacks and browsing\, and forms of scholar
 ly production and authorship.  Panel members include Ron Day\, Associate Pro
 fessor of Library and Information Science\, Ian Meares\, Visiting Assistant 
 Professor of Ceramics\, and Dawna Schuld\, Assistant Professor in the Depart
 ment of History of Art\, and moderator Emilee Mathews\, Interim Director of 
 the Fine Arts Library.  Receptions in the Fine Arts Library and the Grunwald
  Gallery will follow.  
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\nSpector is an eminent figure in the artists' bo
 ok and book arts communities and an internationally known artist and writer.
   He has published numerous artists' books as well as editing the critical v
 olume The Book Maker's Desire: Writings on the Art of the Book. Spector has 
 lent his critical voice to numerous publications\, including American Craft\
 , Artforum\, Art Issues\, Art on Paper\, Exposure and New Art Examiner.   He
  is also a co-founder of the magazine WhiteWalls.  Among his many awards\, S
 pector received a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in 2005.  He a
 lso received Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Fellowships in 1991\, 1982\, a
 nd 1985\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award in 1991. He
  is currently the dean of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam 
 Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. 
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\nBuzz Spector: Off the Shelf features Spector's large\, sculptural instal
 lations of books and his Polaroid works.  The installations\, including The 
 Library of Babel\, comprised of 4\,500 books\, and a piece featuring books b
 y Indiana University authors\, all borrowed from Indiana University's librar
 ies. These installations invite commentary on the logic and poetry of the ar
 rangement of books\, and ask us to consider the function of the book object.
  His oversized Polaroid prints further investigate the themes of meaning and
  form\, authorship and ownership\, and the physical experience of reading.
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\nHe will be signing his recent book "Buzzwords: Interviews with Buzz Spec
 tor." This selection of six interviews spanning nearly thirty years showcase
 s Spector's ideas about art\, books\, libraries and his own history of readi
 ng. Spector describes and elucidates his installations\, book objects and ph
 otographs within an intellectually rich context\, provoking stimulating conv
 ersation and thought. Spector has designed new page art especially for this 
 publication\, including a section that he has individually hand-torn for eac
 h book. 
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\nThis program is sponsored by the College Arts and Humanities I
 nstitute\, Indiana University Libraries\, the Fine Arts Library\, and the Ru
 th Lilly Auxiliary Library Facility.
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