Serendipity: Williams House Book Series Release

#FFFHEX contemporary art gallery and Airprint Press are pleased to announce the Serendipity: Williams House 2014–2016 Book Series Release on April 29, 2017 from 5–7 PM. There will be copies of the books for review and limited copies available for purchase.

Serendipity: Williams House (S:WH) is the studio and experimental exhibition space of artists Lucy Kirkman Allen and Justin Hunter Allen. The Allens invited artists from across the USA and abroad to install artwork in a single room of a farmhouse in Onemo, VA. Because of its isolated location, these exhibitions were conceived and documented to exist solely in book form. Fourteen collaborators in eight books bring together critical and creative writing with paintings, sculptures, and prints. The project is about artistic relationships, the studio ecosystem, and extended conversations with friends. Contributor Michael Corris writes of the project, “Maybe it’s the idea that there is still some life in the concept of the catalogue at all. The catalogue-as-work, rather than simply document, is the oldest Conceptual Art trick in the book. It is the book.”

After moving to rural Mathews County, the Allens started The Airplant Project to encourage conversation on contemporary regardless of location. Airprint Press, part of The Airplant Project, is an artist-run press dedicated to free access to its published books. The S:WH series is available for online viewing at www.airplantproject.org. Downloadable print files to make your own copies are also free on the website.