| Description |
183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Books by artists and books as art / Clive Phillpot -- Cracked spines and slipped disks / Cornelia Lauf -- The artist's book and postmodernism / Brian Wallis -- Perplexed / Renée Green -- Interview with Martha Wilson / Thomas Padon -- Itinerant texts / Jane Rolo -- Artists' books : making literacy pay / Glenn O'Brien |
| Summary |
From fanzines to books of visual poetry, sketchbooks to illustrated books, commercial fashion catalogs to photo albums. Defined loosely as a book done by an artist, which is itself a work of art, an "artist's book" is an idea that goes back to the time of illuminated manuscripts. Departing from that tradition however, which ended with the development in the 19th century of the livre de luxe, artists since the 1960's have attempted radical approaches to the book as autonomous art form. Spurred on in recent times by the advent of desktop publishing, this phenomena has continued to grow. This book features numerous examples, as well as informative text, and is sure to delight both bibliophiles and art lovers alike |
| Notes |
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition held at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 8-Aug. 12, 1998; and five other art museums, Aug. 31, 1998-Dec. 18, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Weatherspoon Art Gallery -- Exhibitions.
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Artists' books -- Exhibitions.
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Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogues
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| Author |
Phillpot, Clive.
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American Federation of Arts.
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| LC no. |
97029911 |
| ISBN |
1885444079 softcover |
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1881616940 hardcover |
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