Ansel Krut Book Launch, Conversation, & Exhibition Closing Reception

Join us for the launch of Ansel Krut’s new artist's book 26 Random Words Arranged Alphabetically with 26 Unrelated Images, as well as the closing of the exhibit by the same name in the Mike Kelley Gallery. The launch will feature Krut in conversation with the artist Richard Nielsen, as well as a reception and a chance to view the exhibition.About 26 Random Words Arranged Alphabetically with 26 Unrelated Images26 Random Words Arranged Alphabetically with 26 Unrelated Images is just that, a collection of unlikely single words put together with unrelated images as a single volume. In the book, which is modeled on an old fashioned ABC primer, Krut takes 26 randomly chosen words and matches them to his own drawings without assigning any obvious correlation between the word and the image. Readers are left to explore the slipperiness of language and unlock the coded language buried in both the sound of words and in the way drawings are made.About the exhibitionThe exhibition shows the progress of the book 26 Random Words Arranged Alphabetically with 26 Unrelated Images from its initial conception through the various trial runs at the designers and printers till the final printing. The exhibition includes the first texts, wet proofs, front and back cover options, original drawings and other leftovers as the book made its way towards publication. About Ansel Krut Ansel Krut was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1959. He studied medicine for 2 years before switching to Fine Art and he graduated with a BA from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1982. After a scholarship to the Cite des Arts in Paris he completed an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art in London. He was the Abbey Major Scholar in Painting at the British School at Rome in 1986/87 and then stayed on in Italy for a subsequent 3 years, returning to London in 1990. He now lives and works in London.Krut was a visiting lecturer at the RCA from 2006 to 2014 and he has taught at many other art colleges throughout the UK. He was an artist-lecturer at the National Gallery in London from 2004 to 2012. About Richard Nielsen Richard Nielsen is an artist, activist, painter, photographer and printmaker, with a background in lithography and etching. Nielsen's painting practice is informed by his exploration in the expanded fields of printmaking and analogue photography. From 2011 to 2022, Nielsen was the founder and Master-printer for Untitled Prints and Editions which offer printmaking collaboration to artists from around the world. As well as his personal painting practice, Richard Nielsen has been a close collaborator and life partner to Lauren Bon and her Metabolic Studio since 2007. Livestream: If you can’t join us in-person the event will be livestreamed on Beyond Baroque’s YouTube channel at the scheduled time of the event. More Info below.