ART BOOKS

 ART BOOKS

"A film about about self-expression and self-publishing. An exploration of purpose, determination and the creative psyche."

BOOK STAND, my favorite art book stand, needs a little help (and love) for an avant-garde documentary that they are shooting. It will capture artists and creatives thoughts on processes, work and books as the film travels around the world to interview and film. I already want to see this, don't you? Let's make it happen!

Please check out their little film about it here and give a little shout out about it to your friends and family too!

The Summer Print Shop / BOOK STAND

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Lovely work by such a talented group of artists and friends. Lucky for us BOOK STAND is having a summer print shop! Check it out here.                                                                           

                                                                                   one.    /   David Black
 
                                                                                  two.   /    Michael A. Muller

                                                                        three. + four.   //  Valeda Beach Stull

                                                                                    five.  /  Sanne Frank

                                                                                 six.   /   Lauren Spencer King   

                                                                              seven.  /   Rebekah Miles

...to name a few of the artists, but a handful more on the BOOK STAND site!

Perfect prints for summer indeed.

xx BOOK STAND love xx

As though wildflowers + handcrafted vases + herbal DONUTS weren't sweet enough, BOOK STAND has handpicked a small collection of books on love + lust in honor of St. Valentine's for my temporary space at En Soie! I am terribly excited about this!!! Ladies and gentlemen: send your sweethearts this way, I've got you covered! What could possibly be better?

*Get here sooner than later because I might just buy up all the books - they are that good.

Woohoo see you tomorrow! 

11 - 8pm

En Soie / 3333 Sunset Blvd. 

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WILDFLOWERS + DONUTS !

officially obsessed with GIFs . . .

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TIGERS to LILIES temporary space @ En Soie

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3333 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles  90029 (Silver Lake)

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11 - 8PM

I've got Eden's herbal donuts + handcrafted vases and a very special hand picked BOOK STAND selection of books on love + lust !

I'm hitting the flower fields early tomorrow morning and I am picking my flowers one stem at a time, all in the name of Saint Valentine! Please do come and get your sweetheart a truly extraordinary valentine this year! Woohoo!

* * deliveries are an option in LA area only * *

email me for more info : lcuzor@yahoo.com

xo!

MONOCHROMATIC WILDFLOWERS + BOOKS + SYNONYM JOURNAL

monochromatic wildflowers indeed!

the beautiful Henbane watercolor + Love Totem drawing by artist Lauren Spencer King

kittens and kale!

Mallory! That dress! That hair! That spirit!

 lovely Leigh Patterson of synonym journal

captivating us as usual, Dana!

sweetest little boy showing us his moon fish collection

lovely, lovely photographer Stella Berkofsky

What a weekend we had over at the L.A. Art Book Fair at MoCA Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo! Leigh and I were in charge of the BOOK STAND table all weekend long and it was so much fun! The theme that Claire so cleverly created for BOOK STAND was one color : pink. We got to:

• meet the loveliest bunch of people
• part stacks of books aside to set up a temporary flower shop + sell monochromatic pink flowers (!)
• share all of our favorite artists / photographs / books / journals that fell under the pink umbrella
• drink strawberry-silver-milk from Moon Juice
• stare at Mark Borthwick's 'all the best bird`s feel her' poster over at Jane & Jeremy stand
• spotting Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord  nearby getting a book signed
• dress in shades of blush and pink all in the name of pink
• witness a very special moon fish collection
• got to see/touch base with so many friends that we hadn't seen in a long while
• got to enjoy (finally) some rain as we were tearing down Sunday night

Overall it was a success! More than anything I enjoyed getting to spend time with Leigh Patterson, who I don't often get to see because she lives in Austin, Texas. Important to mention too: it was so nice meeting all of you who so kindly stopped by to introduce yourselves, to say hello, or simply talk flowers with me. Gosh I was so stoked! Still am, actually...

L.A. ART BOOK FAIR / TIGERS to LILIES

Sophie Calle, Saturday: Pink from The Chromatic Diet (1998)

Friends! I am so excited about this weekend and you should be too! It's the second annual L.A. Art Book Fair at the MOCA Geffen and BOOK STAND has a booth (way to go Claire)! TIGERS to LILIES will be there to support BOOK STAND and to sell pink monochromatic flowers everyday (Fri - Sun)  from 1 - 3pm. So stop on by and say hi! Can't wait...!!

(6 exclamation points and only 4 complete sentences. can you tell how excited I am?)

x  thank you Claire + BOOK STAND ! !  x

INFO:

BOOK STAND will be at the second annual L.A. Art Book Fair with a special collection of pink books and printed ephemera.

Monochromatic wildflowers will be available every day from 1-3PM courtesy of LA-based floral artist, Lili Cuzor.

Location:

The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
125 North Central Avenue
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Hours:

Opening Night: Thursday, January 30, 6–9pm
Friday, January 31, 11-5pm
Saturday, February 1, 11am–6pm
Sunday, February 2, 12pm–6pm

LA Art Book Fair

artbookstand.com

Maggie Harrsen

purchase Solidago from BOOK STAND!

I admire artist / photographer / healer Maggie Harrsen's work very much. It's simplicity. The beauty in the every day. The magic and power of mother nature. It reminds me to slow down and take the time to note and breathe in all the natural beauty that surrounds me / you / us every day. Very much like a meditation for my eyes and senses. Maggie, I am such a fan.

Your invitation to: BOOK CLUB!

photo by jordan sullivan

here's your map

Friends! How exciting is this? Look at what my dear friend Claire is hosting for us! Some of us usual suspects will be there of course and you should come too. Oh what magical times will unfold...

BOOK CLUB !

BOOK STAND founder Claire Cottrell and photographer Jordan Sullivan present BOOK CLUB: a series of occasional get-togethers celebrating contemporary photography publications and printed matter in beautiful outdoor spaces around Los Angeles.

With:

BOOK STAND

Future Desert

Gottlund Verlag

Jordan Sullivan

Kanimambo

Pau Wau Publications

Rain or Shine Books

Rock Bottom Press

Synonym Journal

Unified Field Collective

And:

Fruit from friends' backyards

Herbal sodas

Wildflower weavings

When:

Saturday, August 31st

4PM - Sundown

Symbiosis of Plants + Milk

I'm still a bit in disbelief as to how quickly this month has flown! This is the last week for Plants: Our Silent Guardians installation and also the last week for BOOK STAND Pop-Up at The Standard, Hollywood. For those of you dears that attended our opening ceremony, came to our workshops, stopped by to say hi and have a look, I thank you.

Won't you come then to our last event: the symbiosis of plants and milk! Tomorrow night,

 Friday, April 19th

 7 - 9pm

Poolside
@ The Standard, Hollywood
8300 W. Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, 90069

$15

RSVP to helpdesk@artbookstand.com

See you at the pool as we eat cheese and drink beer to celebrate our final hurrah!

*an extra special thank you to Claire  for hosting such a series of stellar workshops + events

PLANTS: OUR SILENT GUARDIANS

I am sooo excited to share this with you today and to invite you to come out next Thursday, March 21st for our opening ceremony to help us celebrate the TIGERS TO LILIES installation + collaboration: PLANTS: OUR SILENT GUARDIANS! 

I have been asked to be the artist-in-residence for one month at The Standard Hollywood and I sincerely couldn't be more honored or psyched! As is my nature I knew that I wanted to collaborate with my friends: the amazing artists Lauren Spencer King + Claire Cottrell! Together the three of us have come up with what I can confidently say will be a staggeringly beautiful installation with of course a lot of wild and a lot of depth. You. Have. To. Come!

Furthermore, just to sprinkle all this goodness with even more fun, Claire's BOOKSTAND will have a physical space in the hotel lobby as a pop-up for the duration of the installation 3/21 - 4/21! If you know anything about Claire you know that this will be a most special space with such treasures to read, workshops to attend and lectures to be heard all while sipping on herb-infused refreshments + snacks. So seriously, how exciting is Spring looking? I'll do my best to give you as much info about all of this as it unfolds, OK? 

Thank you Jenni B. + The Standard!

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L.A. Book Fair @ Geffen Contemporary (MOCA)

untitled, the southwest by ye rin mok

heneban, watercolors by lauren king

flowers picked and gathered, by jaime rugh

Claire Cottrell's BOOK STAND has a booth at the L.A. Book Fair @ Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Little Tokyo) and I can attest that hers will be a shining reflection of the magic that conjures up when you choose your collaborators/artists carefully. Oh yeah, and her theme is PLANTS AND WILDFLOWERS! Besides her much coveted collection of books, journals and zines, she will also be selling textiles, prints, bookmarks and celebrating the work of these 3 brilliant artists:

• Ye Rin Mok and her booklet The Southwest
• Lauren Spencer King and her beautiful Heneban watercolor prints (I know that I'm a bit biased here because Lauren is my dear friend but so what; I've already seen some of these prints and they are hauntingly beautiful)
• Jaime Rugh's new book Backyard Wildflowers (I'm elated for Jaime because I've been following her for quite some time and she is über talented, period. Her wildflowers are exceptional, but so is her spirit of living and anything else that she touches).

So come! More info here!

Opening Night: Thursday, January 31, 6–9pm
Friday, February 1, 11-5pm
Saturday, February 2, 11am–6pm
Sunday, February 3, 12pm–6pm