Posted on Friday 1 June 2007
Biblion at Grays Antique Markets has launched their new gallery space with an exhibition by David Breuer Weil.
The gallery is intended to be a creative space open to all artists using books and literature as focal points throughout their work. Artists working in different perspectives with different mediums will be encouraged by Biblion to convey to their audience the importance of ‘the book’, within the realms of the modern world.
Breuer Weil is exhibiting a series of drawings as well as two paintings that utilise the acts of reading and writing, alongside imagery of books, as recurring themes - always inviting the audience to question, communicate, interpret and reflect upon the power of
the book.
Ben Houston, Biblion Manager, says ‘Biblion is interested in offering space to artists such as David Breuer Weil who have made an attempt to present and engage artistically with ‘the book' as an active agent in society as well as a cultural artefact. Antiquarian bookshops are often presumed to be daunting places, however with the launch of the Biblion Gallery we hope to dispel this misconception.'
David Breuer Weil says ‘A book is a symbol of what it means to be human. I use books in my drawings to express the whole range of human emotions and thoughts. Both books and people are censored, locked away, repressed and considered dangerous. Similarly writing like Art, is an explosive act; one sentence can cause an earthquake which reverberates throughout time.'
The exhibition will be open Monday to Friday, 10am till 6pm until 28th September 2007. For more information about any of the exhibitions please contact Biblion, Grays Antique Market, 020 7629 1374, info@biblion.com
Biblion is based at Grays Antique Market, 1-7 Davies Mews, London W1K 5AB