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Because of the immense influence on history and culture that books can have, the physical and conceptual properties of reading them are rarely thought of. The art practice of Derek Sullivan plays with all the elements and borders that are related to books. He questions the shape of them, but also the thought process from which writing can originate. He translates these ideas into installations, two-dimensional works in many different media and, obviously, books.
‘Manuscripts, manuals’ is Sullivan’s 4th solo exhibition at the gallery. The title refers twofold to a space where something is about …