Um Livro Sobre A Morte  /  A Book About Death

A Book About Death is a collaborative project conceived by American artist Mathew Rose for the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City, where the original exhibition took place from September 10 – 22, 2009.

Approximately 500 artists contributed their works in the form of post cards of which 500 were printed of each. The p

ostcards were of varying sizes each created from works made especially for this event, to create an unbound book about death.

The exhibition opened with a packed house, and a line snaking up Broadway more than 500 people long waiting to get in the doors to make their own book.

Since then, the exhibition has traveled to the Otis College of Art and Design in LA, The River Mill Art Gallery in New Jersey, The Mobius Gallery in Boston, MA, The Queens Museum in Queens, NY, The Sexta Literary Arts Festival in Tijuana, Mexico, as well as smaller galleries and schools in Louisiana, Wisconsin and Long Island. Complete sets of “A Book About Death” have entered into the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (Library), and the LA County Museum of Art Research Library.

On February 3rd, 2010, Um Livro Sobre A Morte / A Book About Death - opened in Sao Paulo, Brazil at the Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, organized and curated by Angela Ferrara.

The show runs from February 3rd until February 28th, 2010 and features new works and new artists from around the world as well as the work featured in the North America shows.