Websites

Printed Matter, Inc.

https://www.printedmatter.org/what-we-do/what-is-an-

Printed Matter, Inc. distributes and helps promote Artist’s Books to help increase their visibility. This section of their website describes what Artist’s Books can be and the common misconceptions of what they are.

Angela Lorenz

http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/whatis.htm

Artist Angela Lorenz takes on the task of defining what an Artist’s Book is. Provides a helpful diagram of the many things that might qualify a work as an Artist’s Book. She also delves into the history of Artist’s Book making and the complexity of the genre.

Women's Studio Workshop

http://www.wsworkshop.org/artists-books/

Women’s Studio Workshop brings many artists together to create work of art some of which include Artist’s Books. This section of their website takes the time to describe what they might consider as an Artist’s Book.

Videos

State Library Victoria

https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/view-discuss/des-cowley-artists-books

Des Cowley, the Rare Printed Collections Manager at the State Library Victoria, gives insight into how Artist’s Books have its roots in an 1,000 year old practice yet represent the future of the book as well.

Beyond the Gallery 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NVko9gc_T8

Beyond the Gallery presents artist Alicia Bailey who explains how she got into making Artist’s Books. Describes what this practice means to her as an artist. Great visual aid to show the construction of an Artist’s Book.

California Polytechnic State University

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcVh1GEGnU

Video posted by a student in San Luis Obispo, CA where she interviews book artist Meryl Perloff. The artist gives her definition of what an Artist’s Book is and how book artists get inspired.

Just Seeds

http://justseeds.org/how-to-make-a-zine-video/

One of the forms of an Artist’s Book are Zines and the Denison Archives & Special Collections is adding more Zines to their collection. There are many ways to make a Zine and this video shows how to make one of the more common forms. It also explains what a Zine is and what they are for.

Books

Drucker, Johanna. The century of artists books. Granary Books, 1995.
DEN Main- N7433.3 .D78 1995

Oppen, Monica, et al. The silent scream: political and social comment in books by artists: an exhibition, 26th September-26th November 2011, Monash University Rare Books Library, Melbourne, Australia, within the Sir Louis Matheson Library. Ant Press for Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, 2011.
DEN Main- N7433.3 .S545 2011

Maffei, Giorgio. Il libro come opera darte = The book as a work of art. Edizioni Corraini, 2008.
DEN Main- N7433.35.I8 L53 2006

Jury, David. Book art object. Codex Foundation, 2010.
DEN Spec Coll Oversize- N7433.3 .C63 2007

Stewart, Garrett. Bookwork: medium to object to concept to art. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
DEN Oversize- N7433.3 .S74 2011