An installation and artists' book by Mike Paré, Barry McGee, Jasper Sebastian Stürup, Kristofer Hultenberg, and D-L Alvarez
Supported by the Danish Arts Council Committee for Visual Arts, DaNYArts

PARTICIPANT INC presents That's When the Rabbit Taught the Eagle a Lesson With a Smith & Wesson, an exhibition featuring an artists’ book of the same name. Both the publication and its presentation are organized by artist Jasper Sebastian Stürup, reflecting his ongoing practice of initiating and realizing projects in which he would like to be a part. Each of the participating artists works with drawing as their primary medium, and, while representing a wide range, they are all somehow united by a sense of intimacy that is an inherent a strength of drawing. As well, many have previously advanced the concept of the book as a medium. The exhibition emphasizes the artists’ book as an art object, and consists mainly of the book itself, displayed on tables with all pages viewable.

All of the works included were made especially for this publication, conceived as an artwork in itself. The book is 160 pages, 25 pages by each artist, printed in an edition of 500, and available for $40. The title, That's When the Rabbit Taught the Eagle a Lesson With a Smith & Wesson, is a slightly reworked line from the song “Billy Jack,” from the album A Heavy Nite With... by Relaxed Muscle, a duo including Jarvis Cocker under the name Darren Spooner and Jason Buckle.