A Haunted House from Virginia Woolf's 1921 collection Monday or Tuesday tells the story of a ghostly pair searching the house they lived in long ago for their lost treasure, careful not to disturb the living. Woolf's story is beautiful in its ability to invoke life inhabiting space over hundreds of years.
Join us this Sunday for a story about perseverance, growth, and friendship. Actress and director Natasha Lyonne writes about her good friend Jennie Jieun Lee's path to becoming an artist—noting that in the end, our true nature is always there, waiting for self-care and respect to manifest.
The Black Box is by artist, writer and musician John Miller from Servane Mary: 2006–2018. Miller describes Mary's practice of marrying image to object, weaving her use of early twentieth-century women who lived as "charismatic outsiders" with innovations made in plastics and photo sculpture from the 1980s East Village scene.
Maiastra is an experimental novel presented as a series of scholarly articles on the history of Romanian art. The collection was written under the pseudonym Dr. Gyalakuthy. Gyalakuthy is a retired art historian from Romania, writing a final treatise on the plastic art of his homeland before time and the ravages of mental illness take him.
Join us tonight on Swiss Institute’s roof terrace to celebrate the launch of Servane Mary: 2006–2018, the first monograph of the artist’s work, published by Pacific and A Palazzo. At 6PM, John Miller will read his essay for the book. Mary will sign copies throughout the evening.
Pacific and agnès b. galerie boutique Tokyo have partnered to publish Memoria, photographer Chad Moore's first hardcover publication. Join Moore at the Tokyo launch of his book on Tuesday, April 9 at Daikanyama Tsutaya Books.
We are excited to be participating in Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair in April, 2019. The fair will take place from April 11–14 at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. Pacific will be at Booth N15. The full exhibitor list is now up on their website.
Nelson George will be in conversation with Dr. Scot Brown to speak about his recent publication with Pacific, The Nelson George Mixtape. The event is organized by UCLA’s Department of African American Studies. A signing will follow along with music by Greg Everett.
Rainbow 1 Hour Photo by Jennie Jieun Lee will launch on February 27 at Martos gallery in New York. Co-published with Martos, this is Lee's first hardcover publication. A signing and performance by dancer and experimental artist Stanley Love will take place during the launch.
