2022 December 2nd - 8th
List Art Center (64 College St), Providence, RI
abcpvd (Art Book Collective, Providence) group show
Soups & Sandwiches was abcpvd's first exhibition and included work made during the fall 2022 semester at Brown University, during which Ivana Primero, Camilla Watson, Jaden Bleier, Hannah Bashkow, Areez Khan, and Iris Wright organized and completed an independent study course in visual art with a focus in book making.
Visitors were invited to touch every book in the show.
poster by Iris Wright
visitors were welcomed to sit and look through books
digitally printed bookmarks by Camilla Watson
letterpress prints by Iris Wright
collage book by Hannah Bashkow
sculptural book by Iris Wright
screenprints by Hannah Bashkow and collage book by Areez Khan
collage book by Areez Khan
digitally printed book by Camilla Watson
screenprinted zines by Hannah Bashkow
letterpress book by Iris Wright
letterpress prints by Iris Wright
box with ephemera by Hannah Bashkow
books and screenprint by Jaden Bleier
handmade paper by Jaden Bleier
screenprint by Areez Khan
The six artists in Soups & Sandwiches collaborated on a zine of the same name that they produced in an edition of 50 letterpress, screenprint, lasercut, and digitally printed 5x5 books.
Some excerpts here:
Camilla Watson (left) and Areez Khan (right) - screenprints
Camilla Watson (left) and Jaden Bleier (right) - screenprints
Ivana Primero (left) and Iris Wright (right) - letterpress
Hannah Bashkow (left) and Iris Wright (right) - screenprint and lasercut
cover designed collaboratively and letterpress printed by Iris Wright
(yes, we did serve sandwiches at the opening)
To stay up to date with abcpvd, follow @artbookpvd on instagram.
Our second show, almost a year later is also documented on this site.