Book Truck #1 is inspired by an anecdote the artist Christopher Williams shared with Schoenstadt about when he was a student at CalArts. His teacher, John Baldessari, would often return from traveling to teach with a suitcase filled with art catalogues and monographs collected on his trip. Whole class periods consisted of rummaging through this portable library, crafting discussions and trying to make sense of what artists were doing on the other side of the world. Rather than reaching across oceans, Book Truck #1 invites local artists and curators to lend whatever book they are currently excited about, inverting the information flow from ‘what is of interest there’ to ‘what are we interested in here.’ The books will be housed for the duration of the exhibition on a specifically constructed book cart, and each item will be catalogued with a card containing lender information. After the exhibition a reading list or ‘finding aid’ will be available to viewers to ensure proper documentation and continued utility of the project. Visitors to the gallery will be provided a comfortable place to sit and peruse what Los Angeles artists and curators are currently look at and thinking about. 

List of participants: 
Jesse Aldana, John Baldessari, Kelly Barrie, Stephanie Barron, Linda Besemer, Elizabeta Betinski, Sally Bruno, Zoe Crosher, Kim Dingle, Martin Durazo, Ciara Ennis, Ruth Estevez, Marc Fichou, Morgan Fisher, Judy Fiskin, Robert Fontenot, Jon Furmanski, Alexandra Grant, Eric Gero, Pat Gomez, Phyllis Green, Katie Grinnan, Sherin Guirguis, Micol Hebron, Michael Ned Holte, Stephanie Holz, Margaret Honda, Marc Horowitz, Dion Johnson, Leslie Jones, Carole Ann Klonarides, Alice Könitz, Rachel Lachowicz, Liz Larner, Laura London, Mara Lonner, Rebecca Morse, Sandeep Mukherjee, Lexi Murray, Warren Neidich, Kristina Newhouse, Christine Nguyen, Rebecca Niederlander, Stas Orlovski, Laura Owens, Chris Pate, Renee Petropoulos, Glenn Phillips, Allie Pohl, Nancy Popp, Pam Posey, Antonio A. Puleo, Monique Prieto, Stephanie Pryor, Fay Ray, Rob Reynolds, Alma Ruiz, David Schafer, Kim Schoen, Rimas Simaitis, Rani Singh, Katie Sinnott, Aandrea Stang, Susan Silton, Jay Stuckey, Mungo Thomson, Roy Thurston, Elizabeth Tremante, Dani Tull, Anu Vikram, Evans Wittenberg, Mario Ybara, Kevin Young, Bari Zipperstein.

Reading list of the books included

Press

Wallpaper Magazine

Artillery