Lovely Books Exhibition / Exposição Amor de Livros

The exhibition "Lovely Books" presents 24 book objects that invite us to see the book as we know in different ways and fifteen drawn sketchbooks. Through her artwork, Gabriela Irigoyen tells us about her love for books and shows us that they still have an interesting place in our contemporary lives.The exhibition "Amor de Livros" (Lovely Books), held for the first time in November 2011 at the Lagoa Gallery inside the UniverCidade University was also presented in Janurary 2012 in the elegant Centro Cultural Justiça Federal (CCJF) in the major public square in the centre of Rio de Janeiro known as Cinelandia. The exhibition has 24 book objects and fifteen sketchbooks with drawings and paintings created by Gabriela Irigoyen since 2004. Pictures were taken by photographer Mariana Leal Rodrigues.

Title:Silence / Silêncio
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Book of Mirrors / Livro de Espelhos
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Butterfly Book
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: The Closed Book / O Livro Fechado
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Connections/ Conexões
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Crossed Hearts / Corações Cruzados
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: I'm your flower / Sou sua flor
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Intersections
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: In the end there is love / No fim existe amor
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: I stll think of you / Ainda penso em você
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Knots / Nós
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Lo que no sé decir / O que não sei dizer
2012

Title: Love finds a solution / O amor encontra uma solução
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Love goes through / O amor atravessa
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Love has secrets
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Love hurts
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Love is big books are small / O amor é grande, os livros são pequenos
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Love is home
2012
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Open Book
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Pensamientos de amor
2012
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Reaching out / Alcançar
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: The two of us / Nós dois
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: Yes, No
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

Title: You always give me flowers
2011
Photograph taken by Mariana Leal Rodrigues

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