“Have you ever read romance novels? The premises of the stories were always the same. A man and a woman meet; they hate each other, but are forced due to circumstance to live and spend time together. Inevitably they fall in love and eventually live happily ever after. In this exhibition, artist and organizer, Jana Harper has invited local and national known artists to make a one-of-a-kind artists’ book that echoes the romance novels of the 1960’s. This installation could be read in various ways – the entire collection a simulation of a global context – masses of people, organized and shelved. Yet, at the point of engagement, as one picks up a book and opens it, apparent is a person’s individual desires and insight. Even as we are divided ideologically, economically and culturally, we are united with the most beautiful, yet confusingly complex and so easily misunderstood thing called love.”
       – Chido Johnson

Venues the Library has been shown:
OUAG, Rochester, USA, Asni Villiage, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, National Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe, Joan Flasch, Chicago, USA andCraft Alliance, St. Louis, USA

Concurrently in the National Gallery:
Storylines: Contemporary Embroidery