30 years of artists’ books @ Bowes Art & Architecture Library
May 10 – October 15, 2023
Gail Wight’s early works of art addressed the vagaries of the mind:
neurology, altered states, machine intelligence and interspecies communication.
These pursuits led to a fascination with evolution and deep time, and the
staggering variation of life on the planet. The legions of minute and overlooked
creatures became a focal point, particularly plankton, an incredibly diverse
collection of oceanic “drifters.”
Recent works pay homage to the frailty of life, as we find ourselves
both witness to and culprit in an accelerating mass extinction.
Mind Readers presents a selection of books Wight
has created over the past thirty years.
