In 1917, literary luminaries Virginia and Leonard Woolf bought a small handpress. They published books at home before upsizing to commercial printers and international acclaim: the pioneering Hogarth Press was born. An exhibition at Charleston, in Lewes, has collated the beautifully made tomes from private collections, allowing the public to consider the daring mentality that brought to life the radical writing of the likes of TS Eliot, Gertrude Stein and Sigmund Freud.
Co-curators Ben Majchrowicz and Stephen Barkway note: “It’s a show about creating space for yourself when you see none in the world, about the power of words and how far a DIY attitude and creative energy can take you. It’s also about the luminosity of thoughtfully handmade things.”
Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press: Printing at Home is at Charleston, Lewes, until 6 September
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