Title & Author:

Artists' books : a critical anthology and sourcebook / edited by Joan Lyons.

Publication:

Rochester, New York : Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1985.
Layton, Utah : Distributed by Gibbs M. Smith, Inc., Peregrine Smith Books
©1985

Description:

269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and acknowledgements -- A preface / by Dick Higgins -- Plates : a visual preface -- Book art / by Richard Kostelanetz -- The new art of making books / by Ulises Carrión -- The artist's book goes public / by Lucy R. Lippard -- Conspicuous consumption : new artists' books / by Lucy R. Lippard -- Words and images : artists' books as visual literature / by Shelley Rice -- The page as alternative space : 1950 to 1969 / by Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks -- Some contemporary artists and their books / by Clive Phillpot -- The book stripped bare / by Susi R. Bloch -- The artist as book printer : four short courses / by Betsy Davids and Jim Petrillo -- Independent publishing in Mexico / by Felipe Ehrenberg, Magali Lara, and Javier Cadena -- Photobookworks : the critical realist tradition / by Alex Sweetman -- Systemic books by artists / by Robert C. Morgan -- Artists' books collections.
Also issued online.

Summary:

"This anthology is the first in-depth look at artists' bookworks. A series of essays, written by longtime participants in and observers of the field, address the following questions: what are the origins, attributes, and what is the potential of artsists' books; what are their historical precedents; what issues are they addressing; who is making and publishing them? The essays are supplemented by extensive bibliographies and a list of collections. In addition to providing a much-needed resource for artists, teachers, and collectors, this book will form a bridge between book artists and their audience by providing ready access to information about a much discussed but little known art form."--Book jacket flap.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0898220416
9780898220414
0879052074 (Peregrine Smith)
9780879052072 (Peregrine Smith)

Subject:

Artists' books.
Conceptual art.
Livres d'artistes.
Art conceptuel.
artists' books (books)
Conceptual.
bookworks.
Concept-art
Malerbuch
Kunstenaarsboeken.

Form/genre:

artists' books (books)
Artists' books
Aufsatzsammlung
Conceptual art.
Livres d'artistes.

Added entries:

Lyons, Joan, 1937- editor.
Lyons, Joan, 1937-
Visual Studies Workshop. Press, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 74396
Call No.: ID N7433.3.A751 REF; ID:92-B2116
Status: Available