VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents MFAH Gallery Conversations: The Interactive Book, Saturday, September 11, 2:30 p.m. Presented by Jon Evans, Director of the Hirsch Library, MFAH.  Meet in the Lobby of the Caroline Wiess Law Building.

Beginning in the 1960s, artists began to stretch the concept of the book in new and surprising ways. One of the ways they transformed our expectations of what a book should be was by altering our interaction with books, requiring us to become ´active´ participants with the physical book instead of just ´passive´ readers.

Join Jon Evans, Director of the MFAH´s Hirsch Library, for a gallery talk on the exhibition, The Interactive Book, during which he will share examples of books by Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, and Kara Walker, and other artists who transformed the book into a creative object.

Gallery Conversations are open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission. Campstools and MFAH listening devices that amplify the presenter´s voice will be provided on a first come, first-served basis. MFAH listening devices are available for loan with a valid photo ID, such as a driver´s license.

Image: Kara Elizabeth Walker and David Eisen, Freedom: A Fable. A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, with Illustrations, 1997, California: Peter Norton Family, The Hirsch Library Collection.