BERNHARD CELLA

Bernhard Cella is interested in the general economic and sculptural conditions under which artist's books can serve as artistic material. To this end, in 2007 he devised in his studio the Salon für Kunstbuch – a 1:1 scale model of a bookshop which he has been running in the "21er Haus" in Vienna since 2011. Here he has assembled a collection of 9,000 artist's books, which he constantly rearranges into unaccustomed combinations, so that they enter into material dialogue. Buying and selling become part of his independent artistic practice.

Bernhard Cella and the co-editors are currently presenting their latest book "NO-ISBN on self-publishing" in a series of performative lectures at different places. The next one will take place "at home" at the Salon für Kunstbuch in the 21er Haus in Vienna, on December 2, 7 p.m.

Further artistic works of Bernhard Cella are currently on view in the group exhibition "Creating Common Good" in the Kunst Haus Wien until 10 January 2016. And on permanent view is his recently initiated large-scale tapestry "Avant la Lettre" in the Stadtbibliothek in Salzburg.