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Photo Book Fair

Sunday, October 21st, 2012 |   6pm – 8:30pm  | FREE Location: Fine Arts Building 410 South Michigan Avenue

photo credit: The Time After / Doug Fogelson

Sign up for 5 or 8 reviews and sell your book alongside these elite vendors! Space is limited. Reserve your table today at info@filterfestival.com!

Photo books, whether self-published, handmade, or solicited by a publishing house, occupy an increasingly important role in the contemporary photo world. For the closing night of the 2012 Festival, Filter will turn its attention to these fascinating art objects. Bookstores, galleries and photo book presses will be on hand to sell and display their own wares.

Participating Vendors Include:

Small Ordinary Shop

FRONT FORTY BOOKS ARE AT:
http://www.smallma.org/event/small-is-ordinary-shop-opening/

Event:

SMALL Ordinary Shop at the Chicago Cultural Center

Start:

October 15, 2012 11:00 am

End:

January 1, 2013 5:00 pm

Cost:

Free

Updated:

July 22, 2012

Venue:

Chicago Cultural Center

Phone:

(312) 744-6630

Address:

78 East Washington Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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SMALL is Ordinary Shop Opening

HOW!

Hello There You,
Our most recent profile in the series won a design award with HOW International!
Please see the full issue here:

https://media2.fwpublications.com/HOW/HOW_0312.pdf

Keep on trucking,
F40

Communication Arts Design Annual 2011- We are in!

Yessir. We are getting props from the industry and it feels gooooood:

http://www.commarts.com/annuals/2011-design

We are in the winner's circle for Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1 Mark McGinnis.

Actual printed issues are in circulation now or view online.

P40

Book Party in L.A.

BOOK RELEASE

SEAN DUFFY
FRONT FORTY PRESS
Saturday, September 17, 6:30 - 8:00 pm at the gallery

Please join us for the book release of a profile on Sean Duffy, published by Front Forty Press, Chicago, with an essay by Doug Harvey and an interview by Veronica Fernandez.

SUSANNE VIELMETTER LOS ANGELES PROJECTS
6006 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California 90232 phone 310.837-2117
www.vielmetter.com

Profile No. 2 SEAN DUFFY is ready!

After a year or so in the making, our second edition of the Front Forty Profiles Series is now ready for YOU!

No. 2 features Sean Duffy, a sculptor and installation artist based in Los Angeles. Duffy's work is accompanied by a nice essay written by Doug Harvey who is a writer/critic as well as curator/artist also based in L.A. The book also features a solid "Q&A" between Sean and Veronica Fernandez of Fine Art Advising Services (of L.A. too).

Duffy's work is an interesting mix of high art and American consumer culture as personified by genre specific magazines and records, cars, furniture, graphics, and the like. He conflates ideas of "high" and "low" while skewing our preconceptions. Of particular interest are his repainting projects where he takes objects and painstakingly repaints them exactly the same as they were- for instance painting the tires black and metal silver on the tires and metal of a motorcycle. Duffy is famous for his array of turntables that have been modified with additional tonearms. He uses sound, light, appropriation, screen printing, whatever it takes, to make work that pushes viewers into a new contemplation of something we usually recognize as familiar.

The book has a full color insert of a special "Sean Duffy and the Front Forty Press" album cover created just for the profile. Book collectors also get a link to a page on our F40 site that has video of Duffy's turntables and more to hear in real time the sound of the many tonearms playing albums.

Come see for yourself:

http://front40press.com/seanduffy.php

Tell your friends! Support the arts and collect this book today!

BOOK PACKAGES! S/M/L !!!

Come see what we are offering as package deals:

http://front40press.com/bookpackages.php


You will not find a better bargain and more fun *special surprise enclosures* ANYWHERE!

It's a unique gift for art, design, culture and print enthusiasts. Here's the deal:

The Front Forty Press catalog offers a diverse mix of limited edition, independently-produced, award-winning books that feature sharp ideas on contemporary issues. Each publication is the result of meaningful collaboration between artists, designers and writers on a local to global scale.

Front Forty Press book packages are currently available in three separate sizes: Small, Medium and Large. All are priced at a package-only discount and include either one or two surprise print or audio gifts from the Front Forty Press catalog.

Why wait, just click here and give yourself or someone you love the gift of art:

http://front40press.com/bookpackages.php

Front Forty Profile No. 2 is nearing completion!

Hey Blog-O-Sphere,
We have been putting the finishing touches on the next profile in our series and it is going to be a hot one. The premiere issue garnered some good attention, the next one builds on that and amplifies it- literally. Sean Duffy is the focus of No. 2 and he is a sculptor who uses many talents to bring his work to the public. Lest I say too much (we want you to buy the book both to read and see) so let me just give this link and tell you that the essay is by the esteemed writer Doug Harvey and the Q&A is by the amazing Veronica Fernandez. See Sean Duffy's work here on the website of his gallery in Los Angeles:

http://www.vielmetter.com/artists/Sean_Duffy.html

Also included with the purchase of the book you will be able to log in to our site and hear some of the sounds his sculptures make!

This profile is a love letter to the L.A. between the artist, essay, interview, and the loving design by Caitlin Bauler and F40 team. Look for it to hit in late Spring.

Best wishes,
Doug Fogelson
Director/F40

Creative Quarterly 21

Creative Quarterly: The Journal for Art & Design selected the first issue of the Front Forty Profiles Series to be featured in the New Talent: Graphic Design section of Issue 21. It's a great independent magazine with inspiring work and interviews. See the current issue online or purchase in stores.

Mark McGinnis at Post 27

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, December 2, 2010

6:00-10:00 PM

Post 27

1819 W Grand Avenue

info@post27store.com
(312) 829-6122

Mark McGinnis, the first artist to be featured in the Front Forty Profiles Series, is showing a rather cheeky series of handsome silk-screened prints Death Drugs and Hot Dogs: A Contemptuous Lexicon of Popular Culture at Post 27 in Chicago.

E if for Embryo, D is for Drive by, G is for Gimp, M is for Merkin... come find the letter that's speaks to you!

You can take a sneak peek of McGinnis' alphabet at mistermcginnis.com!

Chicago Book Clinic Awards 2010!

Founded in the 1936, The Chicago Book Clinic encourages excellence in publishing. The purpose of the Chicago Book Clinic is to promote the highest standard of craftmanship in bookmaking and publishing and to promote understanding and cooperation among all the professions and trades concerned with the publishing industry.

Front Forty Press received the Crystal Book Award of Excellence for the publication of The Time After (designed by Tim Hartford) in the Special Trade Division (Pictorial) at the Chicago Book Clinic's 59th Annual Book and Media Show. The award is presented for excellence in cover and interior book design. One of two Honorable Mentions went to Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1: Mark McGinnis. We are very excited to be honored this year!

http://chicagobookclinic.org/

Printers Ball 2010

Join Front Forty Press at...

The sixth annual Printers’ Ball, which this year takes as its theme “Print Loves Digital,” is an annual celebration of literary culture founded by Poetry magazine and other independent Chicago literary organizations. The Printers’ Ball is produced with the Center for Book & Paper Arts and the Student Affairs Offices of Columbia College Chicago.

What: Sixth Annual Printers’ Ball
Where: The Ludington Building
Columbia College Chicago
1104 South Wabash Avenue
One block west of Michigan Avenue
When: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Admission: Free, all ages

In addition to featuring thousands of magazines, books, broadsides, and other takeaways available free of charge, the Printers’ Ball will showcase live readings, music, and performances and host letterpress, offset, silk-screening, rubber-stamping, and paper-making demonstrations. Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine, will offer a welcome at the beginning of this year’s festivities.

For a list of all of this year's participants and lead-up events visit the Poetry Foundation online.

Beautiful/Decay writes up FFPS No. 1: Mark McGinnis

Art and Design publication Beautiful/Decay likes the book. Read the review on their blog.

Afterimage reviews The Time After

There's a great review of The Time After in the May/June 2010 issue of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. It's written by by Colin Edgington (on P. 37). We're still waiting for our copy of the issue to arrive, but for now, here's a link to an excerpt (under Special Section on Photo-Bookworks).

Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1: Mark McGinnis Book Release at Golden Age!

CHICAGO BOOK RELEASE PARTY!

at

119 N PEORIA #2D

THURSDAY / AUGUST 5

5 TO 9 PM

LIMITED EDITION SCREEN PRINTS +

T-SHIRTS + STICKERS (BY THE ARTIST)

Please join Front Forty Press, Golden Age & Friends

for some summer drinks to celebrate!

shopgoldenage.com

Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1: Mark McGinnis

We are very excited to announce the release of our newest project and 9th book title: Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1: Mark McGinnis. This is the inaugural issue of a continuing series of accessible and affordable soft-cover books on important contemporary artists.

See more and purchase your copy!

The book!

Enjoy the View, Mark McGinnis

Made in the U.S.A., Mark McGinnis

Green Dynamite continues to spread...

Green Dynamite is now planted at a Chicago Public School!

A few grade levels and classrooms learned about native plants and then planted seeds outside in their landscape...

Green Dynamite at The Op-Shop

Front Forty is excited to participate in General Economy, Exquisite Exchange (GEEE) from Cream Co. (Chicago) as part of Adhocity at the new alternative art space, the Op Shop in Hyde Park. GEEE is a seasonal garden store grounded in the non-commercial, slow-profit exchange systems of neighbors.

For the month of April, GEEE has all sorts of green things for sale or trade, including: FFP's Green Dynamite (tubes of plant seeds native to the Chicago region) as well as vegetable seeds (tomatoes, basil and lettuce), seedlings, April plants, houseplants, a mound of compost, gardening books, handcrafted tomato trellises and lettuce tables, vases and the like.

Cream Co. says feel free to bring any seeds or seedlings you’d like to share, or a favorite recipe, or a houseplant or garden pot, you'd like to trade, donate or sell. Details below:

Come One, Come All, and Come Again!

Op Shop: Adhocity

1530 E. 53rd St. (the former Hollywood video store at 53rd and Lake Park)

Hyde Park

Chicago, Illinois

Opening Reception: March 27th 5-9 p.m.

STA Archive09 picks The Time After

The Society of Typographic Arts, a vital participant in the Chicago design community since 1927, has just held its annual Design Archive competition. Front 40's book, The Time After, designed by Hartford Design, is one of the 44 pieces selected from hundreds of entries. We are very excited to be included in this impressive archive of beautiful design work being produced here in Chicago. See the work here!

LIVE MUSIC

Join us for an afternoon of music in the Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center.

Clarity

Twelve Modern

Zelienople

Mykel Boyd

will perform from 1-5 PM on Saturday, September 12th 2009.

Hyde Park Art Center is located at 2020 S. Cornell check the link for maps, etc.