Salon 9
Padgett/ Szymanski/ Yau
December 17, 2019
This salon celebrated recent publications by French artist's books publisher Gervais Jassaud with presentations from three of his recent collaborators: artist Carol Szymanski and poets John Yau and Ron Padgett.
Kerri and Jack Stephens
Marjorie Welish (left)
Elga Wimmer (left), Peter Klosowicz (center)
Rochelle Feinstein, Amy Butowicz, and Jonathan Durham
Anne Sherwood Pundyk (left)
Walter Robinson and Elizabeth Hazan
Joe Andoe and Lisa Rosen
John Yau (right)
Eve Aschheim and Laura Newman
Joan Bankemper and Kristin Oppenheim
David Reisman and Caroline Blum
Michelle Segre and Angela Dufresne
John Miller, Mary Heilmann, and Aura Rosenberg
Carol Szymanski, Graham Durwood, and Janice Guy
Geoffrey O'Brien, Marjorie Welish, and Ron Padgett
Kerri and Steel Stillman
Kerri, Steel Stillman, and Jane Ayers
Howard Halle and John Miller
Barry Schwabsky (right)
Geoffrey O'Brien and Kerri
Gwenolee Zurcher (second from left), Elga Wimmer (right)
Douglas Crase and Win Knowlton
Laura Stein, Fariba Hajamadi
Lisa Blas (left)
Kate Shepherd, Lisa Rosen
Geoffrey O'Brien, John Yau, Charles Bernstein, and Joan Bankemper
Barrie Roman (center), Joan Snitzer (right)
Fariba Hajamadi, Bill Komoski, and Laura Stein
Lisa Blas (center), Elga Wimmer, and Willa Schwabsky
Elizabeth Hazan and Jennifer Sirey
Jason Saager and Ksenia Saager
John Yau
Kai Matsumiya (right)
Mary Heilmann admiring Carol Szymanski's book
Mary Heilmann and Carol Szymanski
Carol Szymanki and Kerri
Gervais Jassaud, publisher of the feted books, enjoys a meal at his home in France
Walter Robinson (left) John Yau and Ron Padgett
Barry Schwabsky introduces the evening's program
Host Kerri welcomes guests
Barry Schwabsky
Carol Szymanski shows images from her book Contra Dia, a collaboration with Ximena Godoy-Arcaya, published in 2019 by Gervais Jassaud
John Yau reads from his book Midway, a collaboration with Kathy Barry, published in 2019 by Gervais Jassaud
John Yau and a spread from Midway
Stephen Hicks, Win Knowlton, Lisa Hoke
Rochelle Feinstein and Amy Butowicz (center)
Adrian Dannatt, Willa Schwabsky, Ksenia Saager, Jason Saager
Ron Padgett reads From a cabin in the woods, different editions of which were illustrated by Hadieh Shafie, Kati Immonen, Angela Brennan, Ester Partegas, Luis Cruz Azaceta, John Walker, Francisca Sutil, and Sandra Meigs. Published by Gervais Jassaud.
John Yau and Ron Padgett chatting before presentations begin
Barry Schwabsky
John Yau, Charles Bernstein
Barry Schwabsky, Holly Miller, Laura Newman, David Reisman, Caroline Blum
Veronica Gonzalez Peña (center)
Steel Stillman, Kerri, Howard Halle