New Books/Old Hands
Works On Paper
New Books/Old Hands is the second appearance of Jan Davis and selected artists’ book colleagues at Sydney Contemporary PAPER. In 2026, books by Alison Alder, Marian Crawford, Jan Palethorpe, and Jenny Kitchener join the table.
The artists are scattered geographically across Australia; Alder near Canberra, Davis and Kitchener in Northern NSW, Crawford in Melbourne, and Palethorpe in Central Victoria. They share extended experience in printmaking, both as practitioners and academics, and bring a sensitivity to materials, a respect for process and problem solving and an appetite for the unexpected. Throughout their careers these artists have made artists’ books, a nod to the heritage of printmaking and its connection to the written word, and to books.
New Books/Old Hands offers artists’ books that speak about ideas, things, ourselves. The visitor will find poetry, pathos or humour but the fingerprint of the printmaker will always be evident.
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