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Summa Scientae Mundi

A series of pictures of real books with mysterious titles, none of which include the author’s name on the cover (implying that the knowledge contained in them is "received".) Photographed in a monumental style that emphasizes the extreme importance of each book.

Click on any thumbnail for larger pictures.

 

Glamour: A World Problem
1996
You Can Live Forever in
Paradise on Earth

1993
The Truth That Leads
to Eternal Life

1996
The Secret Teachings
of All Ages

1993
How to Do All Things
1993
The Magic Presence
1996
Summa Scientae Mundi, "Your
Action World, Marino Alla Scala
Art Center, Milan, Italy, 1999
Summa Scientae Mundi,
"Strange Ritual", Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada, 1996
Summa Scientae Mundi,
"Strange Ritual", Gallery 44,
Toronto, Canada, 1996

EXHIBITION HISTORY:

• Your Action World, Marino alla Scala Art Center, Milan, Italy, April 13 – May 31, 1999 (Solo)

• Summa Scientae Mundi, LipanjePuntin Gallery, Trieste, Italy, October 16 – December 15, 1998 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, TX, October 31 – November 30, 1996 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada, September 6 – October 5, 1996 (Solo)

• Blind Spot: The First Four Years, Baldacci Gallery, New York, NY, October 1 – 26, 1996 (Group)

• Strange Ritual, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY, October 21 – November 22, 1995 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Chassie Post Gallery, Atlanta, GA October 17 – November 25, 1995 (Solo)

• Strange Ritual, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, IL, June 2 – 28, 1995 (Solo)

• Sacred Objects, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, March 30 – April 25; travelled to: Kiyomisudera Joujuin-Temple, Kyoto, June 3 – 11, 1995; Parco Gallery, Osaka, June 15 – July 3, 1995 (Solo)

• Blind Spot Exhibition, 214 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, October 6 – 8, 1995 (Group)

• An Exhibition of Photographs to Benefit Tibet House NY, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, March 7 – April 1, 1995 (Group)

• Blind Spot, The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, February 10 – April 1, 1995 (Group)

• Sacred Objects, Sleepless Nights, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 15 – September 10, 1994 (Solo)

• David Byrne - En la Pared, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 20 – August 9, 1994 (Solo)

• Faith, CBGB's 313 Gallery, New York, NY, January 13 – February 26, 1994 (Solo)

• Summer Salon (Pictures We Like), Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY, July 8 – August 26

Shot in El Paso, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, July 14 – September 17, 1994 (Group)

ABOUT:

"Some Bookish Questions for David Byrne", Creative Camera, June 1994 [interview]

 



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