This is a short blogpost as I am currently installing my “You Can’t Draw in Books?” exhibition at Blarney Books & Art in Port Fairy. It opens on Saturday 4 February and runs until 5 March . Blarney is open Thurs, Fri, Sat & Sun 11-4. It is a fabulous bookshop, with fascinating second hand books, comfy couches and a fish tank, . Their art exhibitions tie in with books, book art, artist books, and/or storytelling.
“You Can’t Draw in Books?” was originally created for Melbourne Rare Book Week last year. I then had the opportunity to display it at my local library. And now it has travelled to Port Fairy (with the help of the Wiley family) , a lovely seaside town about four hours from Melbourne (out along the Great Ocean Road).
A Tale of Two Cities . if you read the page – it describes Madame Defarge and the other women knitting as the executions take place
There are 45 books in the exhibition, some new to this exhibition, as some books were bought from the previous exhibition. If you are not familiar: I drew in books that were about to be thrown away, or that I bought for a few dollars. The next step for them would have been the bin.I gave the books a new life by drawing on the pages with my watercolour pencils. The image I choose to draw, reflects the words on the page.
I have blogged about it .
My East Melbourne Library exhibition
Here are some of the new drawings on pages
