Letter(forms)
Past Exhibition

Curated by BIMA’s founder Cynthia Sears, Letter(forms) showcases over forty books using letters as a traditional means of communication and as an art form. This exhibition also highlights the work of artist Lucie Lambert (Vancouver, BC and Bainbridge Island) with a full display of her book, Alphabets. Other works on display focus on hand-lettering, calligraphy and typography.

When

Dec 2, 2019 – Feb 23, 2020

Where

Sherry Grover Gallery

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From the Exhibition

Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon Alphabets, 2011 one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w) BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon Alphabets, 2011 one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w) BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Nancy Culmone (Abiquiú, New Mexico) Ojitos Flora, 2015 sumi and walnut inks, gouache and gold leaf on blue paper, ed. 1 of 5, 8.74"h x 10.75”w Collection of Cynthia Sears Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Dr. Bob Pliny (Portland, Oregon) The Mechanics of Selfhood, 2015 acrylic, inks, and gold leaf on paper, unique, 11.75"h x 16.5"w Collection of Cynthia Sears Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon, Alphabets, 2011, one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w), BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Lucie Lambert (Vancouver BC and Bainbridge Island), Poetry by E.D. Blodgett and Robert Melonçon, Alphabets, 2011, one-of-a-kind collection of twenty-nine tri-fold folios, hand gold leaf letter on handmade paste painted paper and letterpress printed text from polymer plates, 14" h x 10.75" w (open 28.75” w), BIMA Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Cynthia Sears and Béla Szigethy, Réjean Beaudoin and Zoltán Szigethy, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Nancy Culmone (Abiquiú, New Mexico), Ojitos Flora, 2015, sumi and walnut inks, gouache and gold leaf on blue paper, ed. 1 of 5, 8.74"h x 10.75”w, Collection of Cynthia Sears, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh
Dr. Bob Pliny (Portland, Oregon), The Mechanics of Selfhood, 2015, acrylic, inks, and gold leaf on paper, unique, 11.75"h x 16.5"w, Collection of Cynthia Sears, Photo credit: Kathryn Lesh