Critical theory publication on artists' books by Renee Riese Hubert and Judd D. Hubert. Includes a bibliography of writings on artists' books and an index. Artists include Telfer Stokes, Helen Douglas, Dieter Roth, Buzz Spector, Scott McCarney, Clifton Meador, Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager and others. [details]
Critical theory book by Stefan Klima about writing surrounding artists' books and publications by artists. Includes bibliographic sources and a list of sources consulted. [details]
Critical study of the development of artists' books. Black-and-white photographs throughout. "A folded fan, a set of blocks, words embedded in lucite: artists' books are a singular form of imaginative expression. ... [details]
"In 'The New Society for Universal Harmony' Lenore Malen uses pseudo-documentary photographs, 'testimonials,' case histories, and arcane imagery to archive her own reinvention of the utopian society established in Paris in 178 by Franz Anton Mesmer. ... [details]
"A Secret Location on the Lower East Side, based on an acclaimed 1998 exhibition at The New York Public Library, documents a period of intense exploration and experimentation in American writing and literary publishing. ... [details]
A study of the development of artists' books. Black-and-white photographs throughout. "A folded fan, a set of blocks, words embedded in lucite: artists' books are a singular form of imaginative expression. ... [details]
Mailer published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Granary Books Gallery, New York, September 5 - October 5, 1991. Includes a checklist of works published by Something Else Press, The Great Bear Pamphlets and more. ... [details]
"For over a decade, Granary Books has brought together bookmakers, writers and artists to explore visual / verbal relations and the spirit of independent publishing. With a foreword by Charles Bernstein and an introduction by publisher Steven Clay, When Will the Books Be Done? features complete lists and descriptions of nearly 100 artists' books, writer / artists collaborations and books of theory pertaining to books, writing and publishing. ... [details]
A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections about the Book & Writing breaks down into four sections: "Pre-faces" includes work by Rothenberg, Steve McCaffery & bp Nichol, Keith A. Smith, Michael Davidson, Anne Waldman, Jacques Derrida, Edmond Jabés (translated by Rosmarie Waldrop), among others; "The Opening of the Field" includes work by Gertrude Stein, William Blake, Susan Howe, Maurice Blanchot, Marjorie Perloff, André Breton and Jerome McGann among others; "The Book is as Old as Fire & Water" includes work on Guruwari designs, novelty books, pattern poetry, celestial alphabets among others, while "The Book to Come" presents work by Tom Phillips, Johanna Drucker, Alison Knowles, Charles Bernstein, Jess (a complete re-issue of his 1960 work O!), Ian Hamilton Finlay, Barbara Fahrner and much more. ... [details]
A meticulous collection of barefaced personal accounts and anecdotes by Alison Knowles, as compiled over a 30-year period. Illustrated by 93 color plates of collages combining Knowles' drawings with five-by-seven inch pages excerpted from her journals, as completed between the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. ... [details]
