This three "page" tunnel book uses abstract images on removable panels to create different views. The book is constructed with red paper and silver-painted spacers to create room for the removable panels. A purple ribbon tie contains the book. The title was supplied by the cataloger as none was given to the book by the artist., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1990
Three signatues bound with exposed long stitch in dark gray paper covers over black ribons. This untitled work contains no text. Images are in black and white and half tones that appear to have been produced with an early computer drawing program. Some half-tones are rendered in what look like Ben-day dots, others with more elaborate patterns., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1988
Accordion fold format;Issued in box with illustration framed with small twigs on box lid; Twine tie closure around book; Fragmented text/newspaper covers inside bottom of box, Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1995; Signed by the artist
Contents contain photography, diagrams and text concerning energy production and use within the built environment and the future of sustainable energy production. Made of ten gatefold pages, with the fold directed to the verso. Recto pages are labeled as part A and verso pages as part B. The two parts function separately, but compliment each other. Wrap around cover is made of a green plastic material and has a Velcro closure
"Linda Welch's Concealed Within books are a series of unique, un-openable book objects bound with wax and cord made from mixed media. Each book is housed in a matching slipcase. Book and box contain a matching number, word or code signifying the title of each work"--23 Sandy Gallery website. "Medium/materials, painting, screen printing, collage, wax"--23 Sandy Gallery website. Issued in collage-decorated case.
Printed in no more than 10 editions with 10 copies each; Book printed on clear plastic and vellum pages resulting in overlaying of texts and images; Black and white images and text, Signed by the artist
Issued in conjunction with the exhibition held at Dia Center for the Arts, Oct. 5, 1995-June 23, 1996; Includes pop-up illustration on inside back cover; Includes bibliographical references; Preface and Acknowledgments / Michael Govan -- Surveying / Jessica Stockholder -- Fabricating sight/site / Lynne Cooke -- Thrilled to death / Lynne Tillman -- How things bear their telling / Ann Lauterbach
Printed on continuous strip of paper which is attached at either end to a slightly larger strip of paper; Small singular images have been attached to the back of the accordion fold pages; A quotation by John Muir is printed along the top of the large strip of paper; Issued in a purple clamshell box; White ribbon with metal bead in the shape of a bison wraps around book holding it shut while in the box
Printed on continuous strip of paper which is attached at either end to a slightly larger strip of paper; Small singular images have been attached to the back of the accordion fold pages; A quotation by John Muir is printed along the top of the large strip of paper; Issued in an orange clamshell box; Blue ribbon with a polymer clay bead with an image of a sun on it wraps around book holding it shut while in the box
Printed on continuous strip of paper which is attached at either end to a slightly larger strip of paper; Small singular images have been attached to the back of the accordion fold pages; A quotation by John Muir is printed along the top of the large strip of paper; Issued in a green clamshell box; Green ribbon with metal bead in the shape of a flower wraps around book holding it shut while in the box
Printed on continuous strip of paper which is attached at either end to a slightly larger strip of paper; Small singular images have been attached to the back of the accordion fold pages; A quotation by John Muir is printed along the top of the large strip of paper; Issued in a gold clamshell box; Gold ribbon with wooden bead in the shape of a leaf wraps around book holding it shut while in the box
A poem written for this project by Jeanine Hathaway is printed on transparent organdy cloth overlaying accordion fold pages illustrated with woodcutprints of 'x's and 'o's. Bound in red cloth boards with a yellow paper slipcase with ribbon, Signed by the artist
Title from accompanying leaf; Cover title: Left handed book; Book is contained within a blue portfolio with a band closure, Accompanying leaf numbered and signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989
Book consists of reproduced illustrations from comic books and strips, including Boob McNutt, Captain Marvel, Peanuts, Popeye, Prince Valiant and Superman, with additional text, Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1998
Cut and folded paper make up the pages of this book; Parts of the pages before and after can be seen through the page being viewed; Each pattern is modeled after a traditional pattern from various cultures
4 volumes; Includes 8 drawings by Roni Horn (in envelope), inserted in v. 1; Each volume contains texts written in response to the same selection of Horn's titles/phrases. The annotaters are sculptor Louise Bourgeois, writers Anne Carson and HElène Cixous, and film director John Waters
Women Dream is a set of 3 nested boxes with collapsible walls connected by the type of net fabric used in wester veils. When lids are removed walls fall out flat, but are difficult to put back up when the boxes are reassembled. Text (some in romanized Arabic) appears on both sides of the walls of the boxes and describes the walls that Judeo, Christian and Islamic traditions impose upon women and their freedom. The text reflects these three viewpoints, but is unidentified forcing the viewer to consider how similar or different they may (or may not) be. When the third box is opened a tiny delicate feather is in the center of this book., Signed by the artist. For more information about Elsi Vasdal Ellis' books visit her web site at http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~vassdae/book_arts/index_2.html Women Dream received the Jurors' Honor Award at the 2001 Northwest Bookfest, October 20-21, Seattle, Washington. The award was created for this book because the jurors felt that the parts of the book were so well integrated that it would not be right to offer it an award in typography or bindng alone.
Text and images alternate on each of three flags per page. Each recto page of three flags has a very short original story about women or a woman and cars on the first and third flag with an image in the middle. The verso side of the page is in reverse, with images on the first and third and a quote about women and cars in the middle. When the book is fully opend an image of a woman leaning against a very early automobile apears. The image, likely taken from a photograph is in high contrast, without real half-tones, and is printed in beige on cream colored paper. The accordion of the binding is pink. The covers are hard, covered with cream colored paper., "Written after a decade of living in the car capital of the world, Women and Cars provides a new perspective on an old topic. Autobiographical narrative with photographic images."-- Susan Elizabeth King From the Women's Studio Workshop Artists' Books Archive http://www.wsworkshop.org/php/details.php?ID=54
Plastic icicle inserted through loops on spine. Accordion structure with signatures sewn into folds. Each signature wrapped in patterned vellum. Inside layer of accordion has hole-punched and glitter-stamped snowflakes;Issued in silver clamshell box (90 mm.) with glitter and pewter snowflake affixed to cover, Photography by Jill Timm
Wildwood is a commercially printed and bound hardcover book in green cloth with dust jacket. Content is primarily photographs of forest landscapes; text is confined to an introduction and a listing of names and localities at the end of the book. The work relates these forested areas to the artist's own history and internal space and spirit.
Compilation of 18 stories each with its own author; Each story is accompanied by a single black and white image of the author; Includes contents page and list of photo credits
Includes texts written by the artist and illustrated with typographic images. Part of Infra thin Projects commissioned and curated by Mark Beasley for Book Works, 2004. "This publication represents a chain of declamatory 'rants' that critically probe traditional notions of narrative authority"--Publisher's web site.
Includes introduction to 1940 ed. by Rockwell Kent; Black and white images with several orange images disbursed throughout, Copyright 1940 is handwritten above original copyright date
Book has live sand dune from White Sands National Monument encased in the cover which can be shifted with movement; Includes slipcase; Housed in hard case, Photography by Jill Timm
Book has five comb bindings which open in different directions; Front and back sections are held shut with a wooden rod which slides into the combs and holds them together, Drawings by Sheila Bourne; First twelve of edition are signed
Appropriated text from both ads and stories in the Sun, the Star, and Globe newspapers tell a story through the thought bubbles of a strange beaked creature., Submitted to fulfill requirement of University Of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989
1986 editon of Water Yam, which was published with variations in many editions starting in 1962. Brown paper box containing numerous Fluxus score cards printed with several types of instructions: some for events or happenings, some for creating temporary installations, and some that describe thoughts or more personal processes; References are made to other artists within the Fluxus movement; Contents of box given in English, French, and German on bottom of box
An original story illustrated with found or appropriated images. Images appear in half-tones with visible Ben Day dots, and have the look of hand-colored photographs., A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton.
Six pieces of heavy weight card make up both the covers and pages of this book. The covers are surfaced with a shimmery metallic paper that looks like the surface of water. Color and black and white underwater photography is printed on glossy pages.
Consists primarily of b&w linocuts of places with hand-carved linocut text identifying location on opposite pages; some linocuts interleaved with guardsheets; col. ill. on lining papers. Bound in brown cloth with black letterpress landscape image on the front board, spine and some of the back. Similar design used to create a blind embossed area on the back cover. End sheets have a river map and title 'Many waters'. Seven blank pages provided for notes. The colophon page is a linocut of a cemetary with headstones.
This unbound book has a small plastic container with some seedpods and a rock bound to the final page. All preceding pages are cut to fit around the container, stacked and wrapped and tied with a ribon. Pages have windows cut in strategic locations so that as each page is lifte off the stack the view exposes deeper layers., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989
On a December day in 2005, the artist visited her home town of Saginaw, Michigan. During the twentieth century, Saginaw was an important manufacturing town, but manufacturing and the automotive industry declined and by the end of the century unemployment, poverty and crime, including gang activity had created an urban blight. This book is a photographic essay on the once attractive neighborhoods of Saganaw which are now largely burnt out and boarded up. Issued in folded chip-board case with velcro closure and the title stamped on the upper flap. The book is bound with post and screw in an album style. Covers are made of plywood, pages contain color photographs printed with acid free inks on Janus Duo Card paper. Page edges are hand burned. Text is digitally printed using Franklin Gothic. The title is burned into wood cover. Includes a map of the Saginaw neighborhood where the photos were shot. The artist writes: "The genesis of this book was a drive my husband and I took about three years ago while visiting friends in Detroit. In a two mile stretch of road, near tony Grosse Pointe, we saw so many burned out or boarded up houses that the area looked like it had been bombed. We were shocked and saddened to see this urban wasteland. An artist book was born on this trip as the images haunted me for three years while I waited for the chance to go back and shoot the photographs. After some research I discovered that what we saw that day was not unusual. Detroit's infamous battle with Devils' Night arson has left the city ravaged. But, what shocked me most was that I found the same kind of blight in my own home town of Saginaw, located 100 miles north of Detroit. Finally, three years after seeing these houses in Detroit the artist book I had in mind became even more personal and more important to complete.", Signed by the artist
Collection of short stories and poems for children; Photographs accompanied by drawings and text; Color and black and white pages/imagery, Photographs by Duane Michals
Four triangular pages bound with yellow string to form one large fold-out triangle; Black and white photographs with paint and glitter, Signed by the artist/name handwritten on back cover; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course 1989
Black and white photographs of a reservoir; The image in each photo is only visible in the center of each photo, the rest of the photo is black; Bound in plastic report cover with clip binding, Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' books course, 1987
Black covers; Printed with black ink on dark blue paper; Bound with red string, Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1987
Tissue paper seperates each page; Single images printed on each page; Housed in folded portfolio case; Portfolio held closed with folded strip of paper which forms a loop, Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1986
Artist's book consisting of photocopied pages, with some photocopied photographs mounted to the pages with duct tape; Bound using duct tape, Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1990
Color photograph of an installation exhibited at the San Diego State University Art Gallery, Oct. 1-31, 1994 that displayed all the books owned by Spector on a single shelf that circled a room just large enough to hold the books. the books were arranged from largest to smallest. On the verso side of the book is a quote from Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking my Library," from Illuminations. Issued in paper sleave., A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton
Each page is cut in half horizontally and contains an image of an object with a handle and two blocks of text; Each object image lines up so that the bottoms of each image lines up perfectly with the tops of every page (ie. the bottom of page 6 will line up just as well with the top of page 6 as with the top of any other page), Signed by the artist
Paperback book designed to look like a series romance novel; Contains found poems made up of the titles of real romance novels. Titles appear alphabetically in an appendix., Sally Alatalo writing as Anita M-28
Black covers with small cutouts reveal titles of the works; Black and white images, pages with cutouts, text, and some pages of text printed on vellum; Includes bibliographical references
Designed to mimic an IQ test, this book is housed in a light blue paper slip cover with the title printed on the front and spine. The light blue color matches the color of the traditional "blue books" that students use to write essay questions in college and university level tests. Within the slip cover are two pamphlet bound books, a standard bubble sheet, instructions and a number two pencil. The 58 questions in the larger of two books which are meant to be answered with a true or false response are all unanswerable philosophical questions, such as the first one: "All is one. True or False". The second booklet contains three extra credit questions., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1998
Rhomboid-shaped book with spine constructed from a wooden dowel; Single hole drilled through all but the cover pages; Brightly colored images combined with text
A single page pop-up book tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Sugar-Pants and the problems that result from too much sugar. The book sleave is printed with a city scape, and is meant to be used as a base support for the opend book. The two scenes displayed-- a roof top garden, and an interior hallway are collaged monoprints, photographed and digirally printed. The story is told in text panels at the bottom of the page.
Frostic's signature block prints of the natural environment of Michigan accompany her poetry. Various colors and types of paper are used for both text and images; in some cases images can be seen through semi-transparent pages layering the landscapes with additional images or with the poems. Many pages have torn or deckled edges.
The result of ... a large network of women artists, poets, writers and collaborative organizations ... invited to contribute a work for the anthology .... The anthology is alphabetized according to the subject headings invented by each author--P. vi. Includes index. Conceived and edited by Robin Kahn ; introductions by Kathy Acker, Avital Ronell.
Drawings, etchings, and paintings based on Gustave Flaubert's Temptation of Saint Antony; Color and black and white images as well as text; Produced for the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Basel 20 Mai - 20 August 1990
Gatefold book covers; Spiral bound pages; Housed in a portfolio; Text chiefly in English, with additional Indonesian titles for some paintings; Color images of paintings by the artist as well as text on the opposite pages, Artist's name handwritten on cover
"If you believe in love, but find it difficult to explain-- this is for you"--P. [2] of jacket. A commercially printed reproduction of papercut text and illustrations. Hardback, bound in cloth with a paper dust jacket.
This book by Jim Dine is a photographic essay or a book of poetry, made up of years worth of photos Dine shot of his hand-written poems on blackboards, windows, walls and other surfaces. Photographs are in both black and white and color. Published in orange cloth hard covers., Library's copy no longer has slipcase with it
Includes text from television programs and computer error messages; As pages are flipped, revolving satellite dish and frequency graphs are animated; Metallic silver covers
Flag book with tie closure; Title written on strips of paper hanging from strings; Produced uniquely for a show in 1988; Lettering by Marilyn Reaves; Publication and statement of responsibility information from the artist, Signed and dated by artist; Unique book created for solo show by Sandy Tilcock at Opus 5 (Gallery), Eugene, OR, July 1988.
Drawings, mostly done in red ink, with handwritten titles or notes are juxtiposed with collages of color photographs. Text in Danish. Paperback with dust jacket.
Catalog of an exhibition held ICA, London, Feb. 8-Mar. 17, 1985; Black cover with orange and blue text/graphics; Black and white images and text within book
Consists of panels of text on blue paper which fold open and sepia-tinted photographic prints, mounted on boards; The back of each board shows an image of a train; Issued in box (10 x 27 cm.) with magnet closure, Written by Heidi Hanson; photographs by Jill Timm
This square book with black covers and metalic printing on the cover contains a short story illustrated with dark angular images printed on black pages. The tornadoes (or are they nuclear warheads?) are depicted as sinister men who meet to determine the terms of their agreement, but only belatedly realize the destruction they've created.
An artist's book comprised of three prints by Celmins and text assembled from "descriptions of the stars from around the world" --Front cover flap. Center fold pullout of abstract starscape on vellum paper.
Leaves are bound with wire to a white wooden dowel to form a flag;Includes red acetate cover;Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989, Signed and dated by the artist
Gouache on found library checkout cards, linen thread, linen tape, found book covers. For years I have been collecting objects and images for The Female Icon Collection; popular figurines, book illustrations, product characters, archetypes of Woman, and real women in history ... The Shower Party Book ... [is] illustrated from this collection. It's about a journey that is a search for identity, trying on different female roles from media icons to protagonists identified with. We are constantly reinventing ourselves to find our place in the world"--Artist's statement.
Heavy, hand-made paper portfolio contains folded strip of the same paper displaying colour xeroxes of vegetables and part of the text of Lorna Crozier's The sex lives of vegetables, Signed by the artist
Commissioned on the occasion of the Cindy Sherman exhibition, the book is described on the back cover: In The Peasant and the Devil, a group of friends act out some of the oldest European tales against a contemporary background, inspired by the role-playing art of New York photographer Cindy Sherman. . . Death's messengers / as told by Tim Pickstone -- Frau Trude / as told anonymously -- The peasant and the devil / as told by Graham Worden -- The louse and the flea / as told by Caitlin Masley, A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton
the pages of this mock instruction manual have been intentionally stained and damaged to appear more like the old instruciton manual that might belong with an old household appliance., Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1995
Collection of 17 images of machinery each with a 20th century president's name and dates of office below, an 18th image is found on the back cover with anonymous quote, A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton
Black covers with gold and black ink; Collection of manifestoes which were originally mass produced and released around New York City by the artist; Includes catalogue of items as well as additional information regarding each, A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton
Small pamphlet made from collaged and photocopied text and images. The text comes from the Juror's Oath. The source of the author's name is unknown as it does not appear anywhere on the book., A gift in memory of Peter Ward Britton