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Tag Archives: artists’ books
The City Within
The City Within by Toronto-based artist Natalie Draz is a brilliant artists’ book and city map simultaneously. This kinetic piece is housed in a plain pine box with what first appears to be an irregularly shaped booklet , but expands … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Canada, Maps
Tagged Art Books, artists' books, Book Artists, Montreal
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But What Happens To The Books
When I read about the death of fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld the other day, my first thought was “what happens to his books?”. To be honest, I don’t know much about the German tycoon other than the reports from a … Continue reading
The Medium is the Message
Book Guns is a powerful series of book sculptures created by New York City-based artist Robert The. “Obsession with the semiotic erosion of meaning and reality led me to create objects that evangelize their own relevance by a direct fusion of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, USA, Writing
Tagged artists' books, J.D. Salinger, Marshall McLuhan, The Catcher in the Rye
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Piles of French Novels
Vincent Van Gogh Piles of French Novels 1887
When is a book art?
H/t to Bonnie Kuster Butler for this post. When is a book art ? A current exhibition at LA’s Getty Research Institute explores the many ways in which artists create objects that straddle the worlds of books and art. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Libraries, Museums, Tourism, USA
Tagged artists' books, Book Artists, California, Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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A Book Is An Altar
The Portable Mayan Altar was created by Taller Leñateros (The Woodlander’s Workshop), an indigenous publishing house in Chiapas, Mexico founded by poet Ámbar Past in 1975. This book features a cardboard case in the form a traditional Mayan house that opens up … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, South America, Writing
Tagged artists' books, Chiapas, Mayan culture, Mexico, Publishing
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