<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>September 26-December 9, 2007</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 26, 6-8 pm</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>"In Conversation" Matthew Higgs & Peter Wüthrich</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>Wednesday, September 26, 5-6 pm</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">We open on September 26th with the highly anticipated exhibition </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>Ex Libris: Matthew Higgs and Peter Wüthrich</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">, planned to coincide with </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B><I>BookMarks,</I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> a region-wide celebration of the book sponsored by </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B><I>Museums10</I></B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I> </I></SPAN></FONT><A href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yfhhsecab.0.nvkbxecab.ym8sv7bab.1104&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.museums10.org%2F"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#DF9C2F"><B><I>www.museums10.org</I></B></FONT></SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> in fall 2007. This exhibition brings together two internationally acclaimed artists, Matthew Higgs (UK) and Peter Wüthrich (Switzerland), who explore the book as "found" conceptual art and sculptural form.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">For the past fifteen years, Matthew Higgs' signature works have been made from book pages and covers carefully taken from their binding and orginal context to make unique works that have surprising impact and wit. They are either framed title pages extracted from an existing book or an altered version of a book cover. Peter Wüthrich makes reference to Minimalist sculpture and monochrome painting, simulating and creating landscapes and objects with playful use of form and color. The book as object and metaphor has constituted the key of his artistic practice since the early 1990s.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">Their art is an inexhaustible inventory of forms and styles, by its intrinsic components: typography, grammar, ink and colors, illustrations, bindings, covers, and bookmarks. The results are as much about poetry as about art, and represent a contemporary homage to the book.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 9px/normal Verdana; min-height: 11px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>Matthew Higgs</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> is represented by </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>Murray Guy</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> in NYC. He is director of </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>White</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I> </I></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>Columns</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> in NYC and is a regular contributor to </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>Artforum</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><B>Peter Wüthrich</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> has had recent exhibitions at </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>Galleria Christian Stein</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> in Milan and the </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"><I>Kunsthalle</I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> in Winterthur, and has participated in numerous group shows</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#959595" face="Verdana" size="1"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9px;">internationally. This will be his premiere museum exhibition in the United States.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> <DIV style="background-image:none;background-color:#ececec;margin:0px;padding-right:0;background-repeat:repeat-x;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:0;ih-name:;" bgcolor="#ececec" background="none" align="center"> <TABLE style="width:600px;" border="0" width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> <TABLE style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="padding:0px;" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="center"> <TABLE style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK1" width="100%" border="0" tabindex="0" hidefocus="true" cellspacing="10" cols="0" cellpadding="10" contenteditable="inherit" datapagesize="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="color:#7d7d7d;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:24pt;" styleclass="style_MainTitle" align="center"><FONT color="#7d7d7d" size="6" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7d7d7d;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:24pt;"><FONT color="#d7d7d7"><FONT size="7"> <DIV> </DIV><STRONG>University Gallery Exhibitions</STRONG> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE id="content_LETTER.BLOCK2" width="100%" border="0" hidefocus="true" tabindex="0" cellspacing="10" cols="0" cellpadding="10" contenteditable="inherit" datapagesize="0"> <TBODY><TR><TD style="color:#7d7d7d;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" width="100%" styleclass="style_MainText" align="middle"><FONT color="#7d7d7d" size="3" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7d7d7d;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><SPAN><FONT color="#b1e001" size="5"> <DIV style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;" styleclass="style_Title" align="left"><FONT color="#7dc623" size="5" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><FONT size="1"><FONT color="#7d7d7d"><P align="center"><A href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yfhhsecab.0.mvkbxecab.ym8sv7bab.1104&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.umass.edu%2Ffac%2Fcalendar%2Funiversitygallery%2Fevents%2FExLibris.html" target="_blank"><STRONG><IMG name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.11" border="0" contenteditable="false" alt="Wuthrich & Higgs" src="http://origin.ih.constantcontact.com/fs055/1101547531672/img/11.jpg?a=1101812440248"></STRONG></A></P> <DIV> </DIV><STRONG>Left:</STRONG> Peter Wüthrich; <EM><STRONG>The Art of Making Bouquets,</STRONG></EM> 2005; mixed media; dimensions variable <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;" styleclass="style_Title" align="left"><FONT color="#7dc623" size="5" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"> <DIV align="left"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><FONT size="1"><FONT color="#7d7d7d"><FONT face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><STRONG>Right:</STRONG> Matthew</FONT> Higgs;<STRONG> <EM>A Picture is a Picture,</EM></STRONG> 2006; Framed book cover; 17 ¹/4 x 14 ³/4 inches <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><BR></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;" styleclass="style_Title" align="left"><FONT color="#7dc623" size="5" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"><STRONG>EX LIBRIS</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;" styleclass="style_Title" align="left"><FONT color="#7dc623" size="5" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#7dc623;font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:18pt;"><STRONG>Matthew Higgs & Peter Wüthrich</STRONG></FONT></DIV></FONT> <DIV align="left"><BR><FONT color="#959595"><FONT size="2"><STRONG>September 26-December 9, 2007<BR><BR>Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 26, 6-8 pm<BR><BR>"In Conversation" Matthew Higgs & Peter Wüthrich<BR>Wednesday, September 26, 5-6 pm<BR></STRONG><BR><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT color="#959595"><FONT size="2">We open on September 26th with the highly anticipated exhibition <STRONG>Ex Libris: Matthew Higgs and Peter Wüthrich</STRONG>, planned to coincide with <STRONG><EM>BookMarks,</EM></STRONG> a region-wide celebration of the book sponsored by <EM><STRONG>Museums10</STRONG> <A href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yfhhsecab.0.nvkbxecab.ym8sv7bab.1104&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.museums10.org%2F" linktype="undefined" target="_blank"><FONT color="#ef9c00"><STRONG>www.museums10.org</STRONG></FONT></A></EM> in fall 2007. This exhibition brings together two internationally acclaimed artists, Matthew Higgs (UK) and Peter Wüthrich (Switzerland), who explore the book as "found" conceptual art and sculptural form.<BR><BR>For the past fifteen years, Matthew Higgs' signature works have been made from book pages and covers carefully taken from their binding and orginal context to make unique works that have surprising impact and wit. They are either framed title pages extracted from an existing book or an altered version of a book cover. Peter Wüthrich makes reference to Minimalist sculpture and monochrome painting, simulating and creating landscapes and objects with playful use of form and color. The book as object and metaphor has constituted the key of his artistic practice since the early 1990s.<BR><BR>Their art is an inexhaustible inventory of forms and styles, by its intrinsic components: typography, grammar, ink and colors, illustrations, bindings, covers, and bookmarks. The results are as much about poetry as about art, and represent a contemporary homage to the book.<BR><BR><STRONG>Matthew Higgs</STRONG> is represented by <EM>Murray Guy</EM> in NYC. He is director of </FONT><FONT size="2"><EM>White <BR>Columns</EM> </FONT></FONT><FONT color="#959595"><FONT size="2">in NYC and is a regular contributor to <EM>Artforum</EM>. </FONT> <DIV> </DIV><FONT size="2"><STRONG>Peter Wüthrich</STRONG> has had recent exhibitions at <EM>Galleria Christian Stein</EM> in Milan and the <EM>Kunsthalle</EM> in Winterthur, and has participated in numerous group shows <BR>internationally. This will be his premiere museum exhibition in the United States. <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </TD></TR><TR><TD style="background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><TABLE id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4" width="100%" border="0" hidefocus="true" tabindex="0" cellspacing="0" cols="0" cellpadding="5" contenteditable="inherit" datapagesize="0"><TBODY><TR><TD style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #083643; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif" align="middle"> <DIV><FONT color="#959595" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><STRONG> <DIV> </DIV><FONT color="#ef9c00" size="4">UNIVERSITY GALLERY</FONT></STRONG> <DIV><FONT color="#7d7d7d">Fine Arts Center</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#7d7d7d">University of Massachusetts Amherst</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#7d7d7d" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">151 Presidents Drive-office 2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color="#959595" face="Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><FONT color="#7d7d7d">Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-9331 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>P</STRONG> 413.545.3670</DIV> <DIV><STRONG>F </STRONG>413.545.2018</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:ugallery@acad.umass.edu" target="_blank"><FONT color="#ef9c00"><STRONG>ugallery@acad.umass.edu</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><A href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=yfhhsecab.0.pvkbxecab.ym8sv7bab.1104&ts=S0280&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fineartscenter.com%2Funiversitygallery" linktype="undefined" target="_blank"><FONT color="#ef9c00"><STRONG>www.fineartscenter.com/universitygallery</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </TD></TR><TR><TD height="10" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> </DIV> <DIV align="center" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:10px;"> <BR></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>|-<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>--<+>-|</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Libri is the discussion forum for all aspects of the world of the book, sponsored by the Hampshire College Center for the Book.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>• To send a message to all the list members (only members can post), send email to<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN><A href="mailto:libri@lists.hampshire.edu">libri@lists.hampshire.edu</A>.</DIV><P>• You can subscribe to the list, or change your existing subscription by going to:</P><DIV><A href="http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/libri">http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/libri</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>