Gareth Long Never Odd or Even

Never Odd or Even documents two recent bodies of work by New York-based artist Gareth Long.Untitled (Stories) is a set of lenticular prints accompanied by the book series that pivots around a disjunction between the oeuvre of J.D.Salinger and the design of his books: the original Little, Brown & Co. book cover designs are a starting point for nine large-scale prints.An unfinished Gustave Flaubert novel is the central point around which the other works revolve.Bouvard and Pecuchet's Invented Desk for Copying is a suite of two-sided desk-sculptures that form the core of a related suite of projects.At the heart of both works lies a fascination with books as uniquely flexible vehicles of meaning, as complex compendia to be read, re-read and mis-read.