Empty Purse Publications started as an artist collaboration / act of friendship in New York City circa 2007. Each issue explores a recent topic of interest, usually something we found in the kitchen or near-there, and is printed on a thematically relevant medium. In defiance of the anachronism of print publishing, we ask for more than readership from our audience Ð physical engagement with the work. In some cases, you may have to wash and iron the issue; in others, you will remove sections of a book and return it to us with your responses. Try it, it's fun.
1 KitchenWomenKnives (2008)
2 Common Pantry Goods (2008-2009)
3 Reformed Remade Rehabilitated (2009)
4 The Reader Reader (2010-2011)
5 Wish You Were Here! (2011)
+ Napkins (for Sol LeWitt) (2010)
2012 ReShelving Initiative 5, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Canada
2011 Dublin Artbook Fair, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, Cabinet Magazine, Brooklyn, New York
2010 ReShelving Initiative 4, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Canada
2009 No Soul For Sale, X Initiative, New York, New York
2008 Un Vagon Hermoso, Canal Chapter, New York, New York
2011 Charley Independents: No Soul For Sale, ed. Cecilia Alemani,
Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, Ali Subotnick, Deste
Foundation for Contemporary Art
2011 An Exchange with Sol LeWitt catalogue, Regine Basha, Cabinet
Books and MASS MoCA, 2011
2009 "Restoring the 'Eek' to Eking Out a Living", Holland Cotter,
The New York Times (June 25, 2009)
2009 "No Soul For Sale Storefronts," Interview Magazine online (June)
2007 "Fresh Links! Empty Purse Publications", Paddy Johnson,
artfagcity.com, November 2007