Exhibition | Themerson & Themerson - Gaberbocchus Press 1948 - 1979 | London Centre for Book Arts | From 18 September 2025

GV art is pleased to announce an exhibition hosted by the London Centre for Book Arts:

London Centre for Book Arts is delighted to present an exhibition dedicated to Gaberbocchus Press, the avant-garde publishing house founded and run collaboratively by Franciszka and Stefan Themerson in London, 1948. Together they published and illustrated more than sixty titles over thirty one years, introducing seminal experimental European writers to a British audience.

A guiding principle of the press was to publish “best-lookers rather than best-sellers” resulting in striking, unconventional designs and a quietly radical commitment to publish books not for profit, but to create a platform for art and literature that was deemed unpublishable by the mainstream. Playful, anarchic and enduringly independent in all their activities, the Themersons and Gaberbocchus Press resisted categories and conventions and when asked about the strengths and weaknesses of the press, gave the same answer to both questions: “refusal to conform”.

The exhibition runs until 22nd November 2025. More information can be found by visiting the LCBA website: https://londonbookarts.org/