Artist Talk: David Fokos
Fokos: "This project is an homage to books. 'Real' books. Books with covers and dog-eared corners, books with pulpy paper and yellowing pages. Musty smelling books fading into history. It is an appreciation of the book's physical form -- the fonts, the layout, the ink, the printing, and to the art of their authors and all the knowledge and joy they have brought us.
"For this project I have chosen works that I believe demonstrate the power of books. Every so often, a writer coins a phrase that goes on to have profound cultural significance, either as part of our daily vocabulary or as the iconic representation of a point in history. And though, at the moment of inception, they may have been just one or two words among the hundreds of thousands that make a book, these few have lived on to become linguistic superstars."
Wine and light refreshments will be served.
Pulse Gallery is located in Bread & Salt, a 100-year-old bread factory in Barrio Logan that is being renovated to become an arts space that includes the Art Pulse offices, San Diego Museum of Art's Open Spaces Program, Ice Gallery, Set and Drift, an indoor park, Jason Lane's work at Bells & Whistles and JXL Studio, Fresh Sound music series, Public Architecture, and more.