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  • Collection: Artists' Books

Front cover of the book Conceptually Bound 3: An Exhibition of Artists' Books, standing up
Conceptually bound refers to the idea that the content of the book is in part expressed by the form the book takes.

Artist Book Nakazora scroll opened with images revealed and box cover placed next to scroll.
'Nakazora' is a Buddhist term that has multiple meanings, including "the space between sky and earth; a state when the feet do not touch the ground; the center of the sky; the zenith." This combination of definitions and implications leads one to…

Front cover and Cover box of the artist's book Ōmizuao
Limited to 1,000 copies--Colophon. Issued in hardwood box (5 x 11 x 31 cm.). "Omizuao is an accordion-bound "pillow book"--a collection of landscapes, flowers and female nudes. The artist has used the accordion-bound format to create an installation…

Front cover of the Artist's book The Path of Green Leaves
A book of twelve reproductions, a short explanation, and one original photograph.

The front cover of the Artists Book Absence
Cover title. "In memory, September 11th 2001"--Colophon. Each leaf of heavy paper stock has cut-out footprint of the World Trade Center. The first leaves consist of a single pinhole die-cut representing the attenna; the following one hundred and…

Artist's Book Negative Sky opened up
Hard-bound collection of eight poems and essays based on a set of photographs found in a Taos, New Mexico novelty shop. The book was hand-sewn and printed by Lettre Sauvage Editions.

Front cover of the Artist's book High Tension: Montage '93
"Johanna Drucker, The Next Word: ""The pages of [High Tension] are cut at the edge in that triangular shape. It's about anxiety, and it pricks your fingers as you turn the pages."" Renee Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, The Cutting Edge of Reading:…

Front cover of the Artist's Book Ojalá
"Philip Zimmermann: The narrative line of this book uses a combination of photoimagery and text to show the fear, fury and exasperations of life in and around Mexican border towns (but especially Ciudad Juarez) in these times of narco-terrorism. I…

Front cover of the Artists Book Sanctus Sonorensis standing up
"Philipip Zimmermann: ""Four-color offset lithography printed book was created as a series of two page board book spreads that minimize the visual distraction of a 'gutter' on the panoramic view of each skyscape. The edges of the book are rounded and…

Artist's Book Counting in Spanish spread open
Pamela Zwehl-Burke: "On a trip to Maneadero, on the coast of Mexico just past tourist country, the sea tossed groups of objects on the glittering sand, often as if in numbered sets for teaching. I'm still learning, as I have dear friends and a…
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