Title: Salon für Kunstbuch
Artist: Bernhard Cella
Website: salon-fuer-kunstbuch.at
Format: 1:1-model of a book shop, installation
Address: Mondscheingasse 11, A-1070 Vienna
Interested in the economic and sculptural framework in which artist’s books can be used as an artistic material Bernhard Cella conceptualized the Salon für Kunstbuch as a life-sized model of a bookshop. In the shop, the books enter into unfamiliar vicinities and dialogues, buying and selling become part of an original artistic practice. The principle of installation, the plurality of functions of the Salon as a display, an architectural structure and a spatial intervention allow for the development, shifting and concentration of different lines of questioning that are emphasized by the collection of books. At the same time, the spatial conception acts as a sculpture that hosts people meeting for discourse and serves as a space to sample different forms of organization.