Main entry:

Lauf, Cornelia, author, curator.

Title & Author:

Artist/author : contemporary artists' books / Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot ; book design by Reneé Green ; essays by Cornelia Lauf [and others] ; interview with Martha Wilson by Thomas Padon.

Publication:

New York : Distributed Art Publishers : American Federation of Arts, 1998.
©1998

Description:

183 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Catalog of a travelling exhibition held at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, February 8-April 12, 1998; and five other art museums, August 31, 1998-December 18, 1999.
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition organised by the American Federation of Arts and held at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 8-Aug. 12, 1998; and five other art museums, Aug. 31, 1998-Dec. 18, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-170) and index.
Books by artists and books as art / Clive Phillpot -- Cracked spines and slipped disks / Cornelia Lauf -- The artist's book and postmodernism / Brian Wallis -- Perplexed / Renée Green -- Interview with Martha Wilson / Thomas Padon -- Itinerant texts / Jane Rolo -- Artists' books : making literacy pay / Glenn O'Brien.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

From fanzines to books of visual poetry, sketchbooks to illustrated books, commercial fashion catalogs to photo albums. Defined loosely as a book done by an artist, which is itself a work of art, an "artist's book" is an idea that goes back to the time of illuminated manuscripts. Departing from that tradition however, which ended with the development in the 19th century of the livre de luxe, artists since the 1960's have attempted radical approaches to the book as autonomous art form. Spurred on in recent times by the advent of desktop publishing, this phenomena has continued to grow. This book features numerous examples, as well as informative text, and is sure to delight both bibliophiles and art lovers alike.

ISBN:

1885444079 (softcover)
9781885444073 (softcover)
1881616940 (hardcover)
9781881616948 (hardcover)

Subject:

Wilson, Martha, 1947- Interviews.
Artists' books Exhibitions.
Artists' books 20th century.
Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Livres d'artistes Expositions.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Livres d'artistes 20e siècle.
Art, Modern
Artists' books
Kunstenaarsboeken.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Rolo, Jane, writer of supplementary textual content.
Wallis, Brian, 1953- writer of supplementary textual content, editor.
Phillpot, Clive, author, curator.
Green, Renée, book designer.
Padon, Thomas, interviewer.
Wilson, Martha, 1947- interviewee.
O'Brian, Glenn, writer of supplementary textual content.
Mitchell, Michaelyn, editor.
Rattazzi, Serena, writer of supplementary textual content.
Phillpot, Clive
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, host institutuion.
American Federation of Arts, organizer.
American Federation of Arts
Weatherspoon Art Gallery
Artist/author (1998 : Greensboro, N.C.)

Contemporary artists' books

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215036
Call No.: N7433.3 .L3 1998
Status: Available