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Book launch & birthday party, 14th December 2017, 6-8pm Westminster Reference Library WC2H 7HP  ‘Three by Three' will launch at Westminster Reference Library during Lee Simmons’s birthday party / installation on 14th December, 6-8pm. Documentation from her projects will be exhibited in the space from 9th December, 2017.
This will be the last event at the library before it closes for refurbishment on the weekend. BYO beer and snacks. Tom Richards will be our party DJ. ‘This collection of postcards is an attempt to communicate and log some of the installation art and social sculptures I have made over the last 17 years. These have often consisted of ephemeral paintings and performances in the landscape, documented photographically. How do you archive a practice that paints on living canvases and constructs usually fleeting lived experiences? Who owns the work? The photographer, land owner, the painters? Varied communities have contributed to the paintings, from Surrey firemen to Ibizan goats, with passers by, friends and family. Which element is the artwork - the documentation, event, concept?’ Lee Simmons The first share of this collection of images will take place at Westminster Reference Library with one copy being added to the library archive system and another distributed to the exhibition guests, who will be offered to purchase one postcard for £1. The artwork is authenticated using a DNA tag, which logs the exchange. Further launches will be held on mountains and cliffs during the library closure. www.lee-simmons.com/birthdayprojects |
