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Page Break. The Artist Book in the 21st Century (“Salto de página. El libro de artista en el siglo XXI”) – Madrid

This exhibition brings together works published and awarded in recent years as part of the Arts Libris-Fundación Banco Sabadell Prize, in addition to other artist books belonging to the Colección de Arte Banco Sabadell and ArtsLibris Collection. The exhibition presents exemplary works representing the history of the artist's book alongside contemporary examples.

Some established artists featured include Andy Warhol, Jannis Kounellis, Lawrence Weiner, Sonia Delaunay, Equipo Crónica, Jaume Plensa, José Pedro Croft and Pablo Palazuelo. These artists are shown in dialogue with newere artists including Cristina de Middel, Sandra Gamarra and Simona Rota.

The exhibition is organized into five thematic sections: historical reference book, the artist's book, contemporary bibliophilia, the poetics of the book as object and the photo book.
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