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Great exhibit at Princeton NJ gallery

MP
Maria Pisano
Thu, Oct 2, 2025 3:00 PM

Hello all,
If you happen to be in the area, Princeton University Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library has a wonderful exhibit that recently opened with amazing historical examples of the history of book binding.

https://library.princeton.edu/formsandfunction

Enjoy,
Maria

Maria G Pisano
Memory Press
MGP Studio Arts
www.mariagpisano.com

Maria G Pisano’s Book Via Dolorosa: From Sea to Shining Sea will be part of the exhibit: Who is America at 250? Artists’ Books on the State of Democracy,  opening at San Francisco Center for the Book during the 2026 international CODEX Symposium and Book Fair.
https://www.mariagpisano.com/books/memory-press/via-dolorosa-from-sea-to-shining-sea/

Posts from the NML on Memory Press works

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/08/05/the-artist-book-cover-to-cover-with-maria-pisano-part-i

https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/08/12/the-artist-book-cover-to-cover-with-maria-g-pisano-part-ii/

See Memory Press book: Fractured: Covid 19 - Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere - https://www.mariagpisano.com/books/memory-press/fractured-covid-19-memento-mori-vs-memento-vivere/

"All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place." 1984 by George Orwell

Hello all, If you happen to be in the area, Princeton University Milberg Gallery in Firestone Library has a wonderful exhibit that recently opened with amazing historical examples of the history of book binding. https://library.princeton.edu/formsandfunction Enjoy, Maria Maria G Pisano Memory Press MGP Studio Arts www.mariagpisano.com Maria G Pisano’s Book Via Dolorosa: From Sea to Shining Sea will be part of the exhibit: Who is America at 250? Artists’ Books on the State of Democracy, opening at San Francisco Center for the Book during the 2026 international CODEX Symposium and Book Fair. https://www.mariagpisano.com/books/memory-press/via-dolorosa-from-sea-to-shining-sea/ Posts from the NML on Memory Press works https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/08/05/the-artist-book-cover-to-cover-with-maria-pisano-part-i https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/08/12/the-artist-book-cover-to-cover-with-maria-g-pisano-part-ii/ See Memory Press book: Fractured: Covid 19 - Memento Mori vs. Memento Vivere - https://www.mariagpisano.com/books/memory-press/fractured-covid-19-memento-mori-vs-memento-vivere/ "All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place." 1984 by George Orwell