Grunts Rare Books is honored to present a special presentation by Royal Book Lodge organized collaboratively with Emma Nilsson: CONDUITS, INTRODUCTION.

“There is a publishing house that turned publishing into a collaborative process that transcends the physical reality of the book, and generates constellations of meaning that combine video, performance, photography, painting, drawing and other media.

There are several exhibitions, there’s an archive, a collection.

There is a beginning – a kind of HQ in Montreuil, just outside of Paris. There are the two artists Juli Susin and Véronique Bourgoin and their artist friends from Berlin, Marseille, Prague, Iceland, Eastern Europe, Los Angeles, Paraguay…

There is also a history – and John Welchman's book, capturing, for the first time the results of this gurgling exchange – the universe of Royal Book Lodge.”

The exhibition takes as its starting point Andy Hope 1930’s sculpture, edition and drawing cycle ‘Summoning’.

The exhibition features drawings and ceramics by Juli Susin; drawings, photographs, ceramics by Véronique Bourgoin; a film by Mirron Mitzkewich & Juli Susin; and artists books by: Andy Hope 1930, Jonathan Messe, André Butzer, Daniel Johnston, Jason Rhoades, Dorota Jurczak & Armin Krämer & Abel Auer & Kai Althoff, Gudny Gudmundsdottir, Ralph Rumney, Sara Glaxia, Popline Fichot, and Véronique Bourgoin and Juli Susin

CONDUITS, INTRODUCTION opens Friday, March 14th and closes on Saturday, May 4th 2025.