The MAK Center for Art and Architecture invites you to the Schindler House on June 11th, 2025, 6:00 PM, for a talk with Johanna Drucker and Brad Freeman, contributors to the exhibition Reading Room. ⁠ This talk explores the relations between artists’ books and architecture through thematic depictions, formal properties, and analogies at a conceptual level reflecting the statement by the late Mexican book artist and critic, Ulises Carrión, that “a book is a sequence of spaces.” Drawing on books in their collections, Drucker and Freeman present a selection of works that embody these connections.⁠ ⁠ Drucker and Freeman will give a tour of their selection of artists’ books on view and augment the materials on display with a presentation of additional books from their collection. These objects will form the focus of a discussion, with audience participants invited to handle the books and engage with the speakers in thinking about the similarities and differences in experiencing the spaces of books, rooms, surfaces, openings, frames and other features that link physical and conceptual structures.⁠ ⁠ For more information about this free public program and to RSVP, please visit the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ A Sequence of Spaces: Reading artists’ books from the collections of Johanna Drucker and Brad Freeman⁠ Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 6:00 PM — 7:30 PM⁠ MAK Center for Art and Architecture⁠ Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ Image: Graphic design by IN-FO.CO (fb)

Join the MAK Center for Art and Architecture on June 5th, 2025, 6:00 PM at the Schindler House to celebrate the opening of our summer exhibition, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮.⁠ ⁠ 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮 reinhabits R.M. Schindler’s Kings Road House with practices of reading, showcasing publications, artists’ books and printed matter from LA-based practitioners exploring the intersections of art and design. The exhibition features commissioned furniture for reading by Los Angeles artist and designer Ryan Preciado, which continues the artist’s ongoing dialogue with Schindler’s furniture and surfaces the stories of skilled artisans who contributed to shaping the built environment, revealing hidden narratives within traditional architectural archives. ⁠ ⁠ Curated by Beth Stryker and Robert J. Kett ⁠ FEATURING:⁠ ⁠ FURNITURE FOR READING⁠ Ryan Preciado ⁠ PUBLISHERS⁠ All Night Menu Apogee Graphics Atelier Éditions Deem Journal The Fulcrum Press Inventory Press loud paper Marta Semiotext(e) X Artists’ Books ⁠ TABLE RESIDENCIES⁠ Inventory Press Mimi Zeiger Deem Journal ⁠ ARTISTS’ BOOKS⁠ From the Collection of Johanna Drucker & Brad Freeman⁠ ⁠ For more information about the exhibition and to RSVP for the opening, please visit the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ ⁠ 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘮⁠ Thursday, June 5, 2025—Sunday, September 14, 2025⁠ MAK Center for Art and Architecture⁠ Schindler House, 835 N. Kings Rd, West Hollywood ⁠ ⁠ OPENING RECEPTION⁠ Thursday, June 5, 2025⁠ 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM⁠ ⁠ ---⁠ Image: Graphic design by IN-FO.CO (fb)