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Griffin & Sabine and Beyond, Nick Bantock: A Retrospective
Sat Sep 18, 2010
Location: Museum of Outdoor Arts' Indoor Gallery

On September 18th, 2010 The Museum of Outdoor Arts, in Englewood, will
open
Griffin & Sabine and Beyond
Nick Bantock: A Retrospective
The exhibition will be the internationally popular artist’s first ever
retrospective and his first show in the United States.

Bantock’s “Griffin & Sabine” trilogy essentially created a new
literary genre by combining fine art, fiction, and 3-dimensional
interactive books. Bantock’s books have sold more than 3 million
copies worldwide in 12 international editions; and the titles lingered
100 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Bantock has designed
everything from postage stamps to pop-up books to the recently
published Penguin edition of Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.”

For the MOA exhibition, Bantock is creating 80 new paintings or
drawings - many in large format. Approximately 70 pieces of original
art from his “Griffin & Sabine” trilogy will be on exhibit as well.
Bantock will transform MOA’s indoor galleries into various whimsical
rooms such as “The Drawing Room” and “The Mail Room.”

Nick Bantock is scheduled to arrive in Denver for the installation
beginning September 11th and will be available for interviews. On
September 18th MOA will hold a book signing from 4 to 5 p.m., which
will be followed by an artist reception from 5 to 9 p.m. The opening
is free and open to the public. The Museum of Outdoor Arts is located
on the second floor of the Englewood Civic Center at 1000 Englewood
Parkway, Englewood, CO 80110. For more information visit www.moaonline.org
or call (303) 806-0444. The Museum of Outdoor Arts was founded in 1981
with the mission to make art part of everyday life.