Alphabet Book

In 1971, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov, founders of the Vancouver based artist network, Image Bank, invited Eric Metcalfe, Gary Lee Nova, Glenn Lewis and Paul Oberst to create their own, unique alphabet. Now, 40 years later, with the permission of the participating artists and the help of Image Bank, these historic silk-screened alphabets will finally be published together – and released for the first time to the public at large!

The Alphabet Book is designed by Marc Hollenstein, who was inspired to initiate the publication after having a conversation with Glenn Lewis during the preparation of Lewis’ retrospective exhibition at Kunstverein back in 2014. This edition is accompanied by a collage of excerpts from emails Kunstverein received from the various members of the collective, over the past few months.