by Peter Downsbrough
29.05 – 4.07.2025
Since 1968, Peter Downsbrough (1940, New Jersey – 2024, Brussels) has made over one hundred books. For the first time, BOOOOOKS offers an opportunity to hone in on the self-published and freely-editioned works of Downsbrough, giving an overview of this impressive component of his oeuvre. Peter Downsbrough belonged to that first generation of artists —including colleagues such as Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, and Lawrence Weiner in New York; and John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, and Allan Ruppersberg in California— who use the book as a means for presenting their work. Consequently, one could consider that he approaches the book as the ultimate exhibition space, one in which he continuously regroups reflections, images, associations, compositions, and proportions.
Friday 30 May
A double book launch of publications by Peter Downsbrough, published with Tonini Editore (IT) and Imagebeeld (BE), will take place between 14-16h
Antwerp Art Weekend
Thursday 29/05: 12:00-21:00
Friday 30/05: 12:00-18:00
Saturday 31/05: 12:00-21:00
Sunday 01/06: 12:00-18:00
by Peter Downsbrough
29.05 – 4.07.2025
Since 1968, Peter Downsbrough (1940, New Jersey – 2024, Brussels) has made over one hundred books. For the first time, BOOOOOKS offers an opportunity to hone in on the self-published and freely-editioned works of Downsbrough, giving an overview of this impressive component of his oeuvre. Peter Downsbrough belonged to that first generation of artists —including colleagues such as Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, and Lawrence Weiner in New York; and John Baldessari, Ed Ruscha, and Allan Ruppersberg in California— who use the book as a means for presenting their work. Consequently, one could consider that he approaches the book as the ultimate exhibition space, one in which he continuously regroups reflections, images, associations, compositions, and proportions.
Friday 30 May
A double book launch of publications by Peter Downsbrough, published with Tonini Editore (IT) and Imagebeeld (BE), will take place between 14-16h
Antwerp Art Weekend
Thursday 29/05: 12:00-21:00
Friday 30/05: 12:00-18:00
Saturday 31/05: 12:00-21:00
Sunday 01/06: 12:00-18:00