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  • Collection: Artists' Books

front cover of the artists book Crossing the Oxus
In classical times the Oxus River was the boundary of the known world. It is now called the Amu Darya and is the source of water for much of the irrigation in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.--[p.1]. Diverting the waters of the Amu Darya for irrigation…

artist book far horizons z-fold opened up
"From the artist's website: Panoramic vistas from the Pacific to Atlantic Oceans are pieced together with images of the artist’s urban garden in a traditional quilt pattern named “far horizons.”…

front cover and cover box of artists book Everyday Readers
Orange card in pocket on p. 3 of cover, numbered and signed by the author. "Blockprint on checkout cards, mulberry paper, brads, type, vintage cover"--Card. In case, as issued.

cover of the artists book Vicious Circle Series #6
Vicious Circle Series #6 was printed from polymer plates in two colors on my Vandercook SP15 letterpress. The font used was Courier and the flexagon format is one I call the rotating ring.--Colophon. "This rotating ring is not part of the flexagon…

close up of artists book MayBow's Jargonator: Election 2000 Wonk Wheel
Volvelle consists of 3 rotating wheels imprinted with political terms; the wheels can be rotated to form numerous phrases. "Copyright ... Ed Lebow & Dan Mayer." "Digitally printed in 1000 copies."

artists book Black Friday opened up
Letterpress printed on drafting film and black paper, newspaper ads. Printed at the Center for Book & Paper Arts at Columbia College in Chicago. Saddle-stitch binding with drafting film wraps printed with silhouette images of shoppers. - from website

front cover of the artists book State of the Union: Live Evil Vile
Title from last page. Limited ed. of 100 copies. "Text from the Internet Anagram Server (http://wordsmith.org/anagram/). Images from George W. Bush's 2003 televised State of the Union address. Binding with duct tape and protective plastic inspired by…

front cover and cover box of the artists book State of the Union: Live Evil Vile
"This deck of cards can be used as a musical score. Christian Marclay uses a range of media—video, sculpture, installation, and performance—to address the ways that music and sound impact our experience of the world. While he frequently uses…

front cover of the artists book Pound the Pavement, #10, November 2005
Street art zine. This issue examines anti-George W. Bush political graffiti. Contains over 175 photos of anti-Bush graffiti, stencils, stickers and posters from around the world, as well as an essay discussing and critiquing the effectiveness of the…

artists book Material Meditation on Mending Al-Mutanabbi Street opened up
Al-Mutanabbi Street, in Baghdad, Iraq, is the historic center of bookselling in that city. In May 2007, a car bomb killed more than 30 people and destroyed many bookstalls. This book consists of fifteen two-sided loose-leaf prints made from collages…
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