Jed Root prop stylist Charlie Welch will be patricipating in this weekend's LA Art Book Fair and presenting a collaborative book/project with Paul Anthony Moreno. More info on the fair and project below.

ZINE WORLD
A Fair within a Fair at
Printed Matter’s LA ART BOOK FAIR
February 1–3, 2013
Opening: Thursday, January 31, 6–9pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
152 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.moca.org
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www.laartbookfair.net
ZINE WORLD is a super-sized subsection
of the LA ART BOOK FAIR, featuring more than 80 zinesters from home and
abroad: Adam Villacin, ANAL, billy ocallaghan, Brown Griffin, Cinders, COMBO,
Dale Wittig, Darin Klein & Friends, Deadbeat Club, Deth P. Sun, Drippy Bone
Books, DUM DUM Zine, Encyclopedia Destructica, Evah Fan and Brendan Monroe,
Fantasy Camp, Funchicken, Gary Kachadourian, Golden Spike Press, Gravity and
Trajectory, Hamburger Eyes, IIIII Columns, Instigator, The Institute for
Extraterrestrial Sexuality, j. morrison, JIMMY the zine, Justin Jorgensen / COP
DAD Magazine, Kingsboro Press, Louis M. Schmidt, Miniature Garden, Needles
& Pens, Never Press, Nhd, NOWORK, Oso Press, Pau Wau Publications, Pop-Hop
Books & Print, Shawn Whisenant, Signify, Sanctify, Believe, Starrfucker Magazine,
Sumi Ink Club, Swill Children, Working Class, The Worst Magazine Ever, The
Wreckless Press, and many more.
ZINE WORLD features three exhibitions: GSD: Skate Fate till Today
begins from Gary Scott Davis’s early, ground-breaking zine
publishing of the ’80s. Zine Masters of the Universe features Mark
Gonzales, Ari Marcopoulos, Raymond Pettibon, and Dash Snow.
Bedwetter and Beyond is a survey of the artists’ books and zines of Los
Angeles-based artist Christopher Russell.
ZINE WORLD POP-UP SHOP: Boo-Hooray presents a Larry Clark pop-up
shop and an installation of t-shirts and skateboards from Larry Clark's
extensive collection, including items used in his movies.
ZINE WORLD GETS POLITICAL: The political meets the personal in FRIENDLY
FIRE. Exhibitors include; Antena, The Center for Urban Pedagogy,
CrimethInc. Ex-workers' Collective, Edie Fake, Errant Bodies Press, Half Letter
Press / Temporary Services, Insane Dialectical Posse, Journal of Aesthetics and
Protest, Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, Michalis Pichler, and The Public
School
ZINE WORLD THEATER presents non-stop performance, film, sound, and words
throughout the weekend. Events include the Awesome Vistas Live Music Showcase
on opening night; zine collector Phillip Aarons in conversation with AA
Bronson and Darin Klein; publisher Sarah Williams talks to Eve
Fowler, Sumi Ink Club (Sarah Rara and Luke Fishbeck) and others
about how books changed their lives; and a short film program by Mike Kuchar.
The fair ends with Rosa Von Praunheim's Trans Music Spectacular, the
rarely seen film City of Lost Souls.
Printed Matter presents the first annual LA ART BOOK FAIR,
February 1–3, 2013, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in downtown Los Angeles. The opening
will be held on the evening of Thursday, January 31 from 6 to 9 pm.
Free and open to the public, the LA ART BOOK FAIR is a unique
international event for artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals
and zines presented by 220 international presses, booksellers, antiquarians,
artists, and independent publishers from twenty countries.
New Editions by David Benjamin Sherry and Andrew Kuo
support the LA ART BOOK FAIR and keep it free. For further edition
information contact Shannon Michael Cane: shannon@printedmatter.org
Visit www.laartbookfair.net
for further information.
Printed Matter’s LA ART BOOK FAIR is the companion fair to the NY ART
BOOK FAIR, held every fall in New
York. Over 20,000 artists, book buyers, collectors,
dealers, curators, independent publishers, and other enthusiasts attended the
NY ART BOOK FAIR in 2012.
Hours
The LA ART BOOK FAIR is free and open to the public.
Thursday, January 31: 6-9 pm
Friday, February 1: 11–5pm
Saturday, February 2: 11 am–6pm
Sunday, February 3: 12 am–6pm