The Juntao First National Book Art Exhibition was held in the Qian Juntao Art Research Museum, Haining, China, from 20 October to 20 November 2019. The exhibition was sponsored by the Illustration and Binding Arts Committee of the Chinese Artists Association, the Haining Municipal People’s Government, the Haining Federation of Literature and Arts, and the Qian Juntao Art Research Museum. 

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The three part exhibition included a collecting show of book arts and binding by Chinese artists; an invitational exhibit of artists’ books and book objects by Doug Beube, Inge Bruggeman, Robbin Ami Silverberg, and Buzz Spector; and a collaboration of scholars from Pejing University and students from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, Ningbo University, and Guangzhou Academy of Fine arts. Students from these three schools have made books on various themes of scholars’ books, including sociology, literature, Bible studies, film studies, law, Taoism, and other bodies of knowledge. 

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The collecting show was staged in the Qian Juntao Art Research Museum, the invitational exhibit, where my artist books were exhibited, was held in the Xu Bangda Art Museum, and the thematic exhibition occupied the Zhang Zongxiangao Museum.