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more images from Everything is about to happen

This time they are all safe for work.

more books - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

An illicit cookbook (mushrooms are banned in Kennington remember):

Mushroom - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

An Atlas of the New Testament:

The Atlas of the New Testament - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

FT III:

fantasy books - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Road and Rail Links Between Manchester and Sheffield:

Road and Rail Links between Manchester and Sheffield - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Preston Bus Station:

Preston Bus Station - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Selwyn’s Law of Employment (but is it art?)

Selwyn's Laws of Employment - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Ex-library book and 1 Day Diary:

Ex-library book and 1 Day Diary - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Everything is about to happen is “an ongoing archive of artists’ books selected by Gregorio Magnani” showing at the Greengrassi/Corvi-Mora gallery until April 26th.

Greengrassi/Corvi-Mora art gallery

You could live in Kennington for decades and never happen across Kempsford Road. You could live on Kempsford Road and have no idea there’s an art gallery there. But there is – Greengrassi, AKA Corvi-Mora. Even the doorbell is hard to reach – presumably short people aren’t big art buyers.

Greengrassi AKA Corvi-Mora - kenningtonrunoff.com

If you can find the gallery, we recommend visiting between now and April 26th as the main room downstairs is showing Everything is about to happen, “an ongoing archive of artists’ books selected by Gregorio Magnani”.

Everything is about to happen at Corvi-Mora and Greengrassi - kenningtonrunoff.com

All the books and pamphlets are either self-published or from small publishers. So yes, what we’re talking about here is a load of art books by people you’ve never heard of, laid out on a huge wooden table. It’s much better than it sounds because so many of the books are intriguing and/or beautiful, like the room in which they’re displayed. 

books - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

These books celebrate the mundane, cheap jokes, puns, sloganeering, and porn… all the classic themes of modern art are here. If you want to read them in depth you are supposed to take them into the reading station and don white gloves.

Greengrassi reading table - kenningtonrunoff.com

Or rubber gloves if you want to look at the top ones below (n.b. this next image is NSFW, unless you work in a modern art gallery or The Locker Room):

tennis and sex books - Greengrassi, Corvi-Mora - Kenningtonrunoff.com

Opening hours: 11am to 6pm Tuesday to Saturday

Address: 1A Kempsford Road (off Wincott Street), London SE11 4NU