Bettina Grossman, "Bettina" | Aperture PhotoBook Club

"Bettina" is the first monograph to showcase the work of the previously unsung artist Bettina Grossman, whose wildly interdisciplinary practice spanned photography, sculpture, textile, cinema, drawing, and more. An eccentric personality fully dedicated to her art, Bettina lived in the famous Chelsea Hotel from 1968 until her death in late 2021. In her tiny studio, she produced and accumulated a considerable body of work, much of which has remained unseen and unpublished until now. For the October Aperture PhotoBook Club gathering, Aperture executive director Sarah Meister joined artist Yto Barrada, filmmaker Corinne van der Borch, curator Ruba Katrib, designer Gregor Huber, and creative director of Aperture Lesley A. Martin. Order "Bettina" here: https://aperture.org/books/bettina/ Join the Aperture PhotoBook Club: https://bit.ly/48PnqAe This conversation was originally streamed on Wednesday, October 26, 2022. — Footnotes: WATCH Corinne van der Borch’s film, "Girl with Black Balloons," is available to rent on Vimeo. Filmed over two years, the film provides an intimate look into Bettina’s life at the Chelsea Hotel surrounded by the treasure trove of artworks that animated her life. See more here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/girlwithbl... READ Re-visit the 2021 MoMA PS1 exhibition "Greater New York," curated by Ruba Katrib, featuring work by Bettina and enjoy Yto Barrada and Lucy Gallun’s remembrance of Bettina. See more here: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibit... https://www.moma.org/magazine/article... ORDER Aperture’s 70th anniversary issue commissioned seven artists, including Yto Barrada, to respond to our history. Barrada integrated the work of Bettina into our archives to stunning effect. Order your own copy today here: https://aperture.org/magazines/apertu... COLLECT Buy a special limited-edition print from Yto Barrada’s series that integrates Bettina’s Color-aid papers with issues of Aperture magazine from the 1970s. More information here: https://aperture.org/prints/untitled-... — The Aperture PhotoBook Club brings together a constellation of artists and individuals engaged with photobook-making for conversations that inform and inspire photo-loving audiences around the world. Support for the 2022 Aperture PhotoBook Club is generously provided by Ingram Content Group. #AperturePhotoBookClub #BettinaGrossman #photobook #photography