Artists’ Books on the Web

Artists’ Books on the Web

Wonderful website with animated documentation of artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections

“The spectrum of modern and contemporary Artists’ Books in Reed College’s Special Collections and collected on this website include traditional letterpress printed books of poetry, conceptual book works, sculptural and visual works, concrete poetry, and magazine works. This unique collection, which holds significant 20th century and contemporary artists’ books, gives students and the broader population insight into the significant role artist’s books have played among the avant-garde of Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the United States, from the turn of the last century to the present.”

The works are divided into four categories: 1) livres d’artiste; 2) avant-garde; 3) conceptualist; 4) contemporary.

Poetic Research Bureau

Poetic Research Bureau

newest hangout…

Tan Lin, Eleven Minute Painting Reading Module v. 0.1 (dub ver.)

Tan Lin, Eleven Minute Painting

Reading Module v. 0.1 (dub ver.)

Courtesy Penn Sound

File under Polyphonics

File under Polyphonics: An entry comparing an amateur recording of children saying “Happy Birthday Pat,” with Raymond Quesneau’s Exercise in Style, in which he tells the story of a simple incident in 99 different ways (dream, narrative, anagrams, spectral, passive, telegraphic, etc.). Be sure to listen to the recording!

From Steve Roden’s excellent blog Airform Archives.

New catalogue on Piero Manzoni

Just got the new catalogue on Piero Manzoni, edited by Germano Celant and published by Gagosian Gallery and Skira Publishers. It is a beautifully produced, highly substantial book that positions Manzoni within his rightful context. What to do when commercial galleries are producing books of the same caliber of scholarship that museums strive for? Buy it.

The Rite Stuff – David Frankel on Art-Rite

The Rite Stuff – David Frankel on Art-Rite

Al Hansen, Coco Was a Poco Loco about Cacao and Men (1968)

Al Hansen, Coco Was a Poco Loco about Cacao and Men (1968)

Hershey wrappers on wood

11 1/2 x 8” (29.2 x 20.3 cm).

Collection Museum of Modern Art, New York, Gift of Agnes Gund

362.2006