| FEATURED TITLE Ross Bleckner: A3 Every day, on page three of The New York Times, section A, an advert for Tiffany jewelry appears in the upper right corner of the page. Because of its placement in the paper's first news >>more Edgewise Press, Inc. ISBN 9781893207295 US $60.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Pbk, 14.5 x 9.5 in. / 108 pgs / 108 b&w. Pub Date: 07/31/2011 Active/Awaiting stock
| | Alexander Galan | Date: 8/23/2011 On Thursday, August 18, ARTBOOK + R/Turpan in East Hampton hosted a double booksigning with long-time friends artist Ross Bleckner and novelist Frederic Tuten. Bleckner signed copies of his new artist's book, A3: Our Lives in The New York Times, which gathers his clippings, over the years, of the Tiffany ad which sits next to the lead photo of the International Section of the paper. The juxtapositions range from humorous to disturbing. Tuten signed his book of short stories, Self Portraits: Fictions, which features a cover by Roy Lichtenstein, a lifelong friend of the author. Dorothy Lichtenstein was amongst the guests, along with Bob Colacello, Barbara Kruger, Eric Fischl and Ralph Gibson. Pillars of the Hamptons society and part of the community of authors on our list. J.A. Forde, Ross Bleckner, Frederic Tuten, Johannes Vogt and Luke P. Brown. Barbara Kruger, Ross Bleckner and friend. Dorothy Lichtenstein, Frederic Tuten and Laurie Anderson. Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ralph Gibson (left) with Bastienne Schmidt (far right) and friend. Frederic Tuten, Eric Fischl and Mary Jane Marcasiano.
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