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  • Collection: Artists' Books

front cover of the artists book Dark Decade
From Artists' Books Online: Dark Decade extended the play with narrative tropes and fictional conventions that had, in part, motivated Against Fiction. The text is dark, ironic, and mixes imagery from mass media, contemporary life, and fantastic…

front cover of the artists book Dear Microflora
Drawings and watercolor. Digitally produced. Stab binding. Paper covered boards with protective glassine layer. An ode, visual and lyrical, to the 100 trillion microflora (about three pounds worth) which reside in our bodies. (from website)

artists book Desert Songs: Poems opened
Poems by Virginia Mudd and Clifford Burke. Monoprints by Virginia Mudd. With brief epigraphical quotes from Kahlil Gibran, Thoreau, and the unnamed "Desert Fathers." Dedicated to the Galisteo Basin, a former home of the printers, this accordion-fold,…

the artists book Dexterity Pumps opened up
Various gas pumps and a vintage gas station located on the historic Lincoln Highway are the images which provide the visuals for this codex book based on the children's dexterity game, but with an additional challenge to solve the game. Have fun…

artist's book Disconnecting Constellations opened up
Publication information from slipcase. Limited ed. of 100A series of five prose poems. Inkjet and Gocco printed. Book consists of 5 square pages folded in fours with overlapping quadrants glued to the next page and folded to create an accordion-like…

front cover of the artist's book Dolls on the Road
"2 volumes Tamar Stone: ""From the beloved and worshipped, to the abused and the abandoned, these Polaroid photos document dolls found at flea markets, county fairs, yard sales and doll shows in my travels throughout the U.S from the 1990’s to the…

Front cover and apron of the artists book Domestic Intimacy
Lightweight stiff-paper letterfold wrapper in red polka dot pattern. Tied with red polka dot grosgrain ribbon. Contains one cloth apron with ties. Text applied via heat transfer. Apron pocket contains 8-page pamphlet with red polka dot covers. Poem…

front cover of Artist's Book Doug Aitken: 99 Cent Dreams standing
Doug Aitken is probably best recognized as a talented video artist, a maker of large scale, multi-screen installations and environments. What is perhaps a little less well known is that he is also an accomplished photographer, using the still frame…

Front cover of the artists book Drive by Shootings: Scenes from the Trip so Far
A souvenir album of images taken during travels across the U.S. in 2001 and 2003. Images printed on one side of a continuous strip; folded accordion style with extended flap closure. The artist is the alumni of the School of the Art Institute of…
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