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Scope and Contents Artists’ books are works of art in the form of a book. This collection consists of over 80 artists’ books created between 1970 and 2017. It includes works by famous artists like Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, Chuck Close, and Ed Ruscha as well as emerging artists during the period. There are also two reference works that provide intellectual context for the collection: Freedom of the Presses: Artists' Books in the 21st Century and Creating...

Scope and Contents "Published to coincide with Lisa Anne Auerbach’s 2008 exhibition at Printed Matter, this artist’s book brings together the various facets of Auerbach’s artistic practice, which has included zine making, co-organizing the High Desert Test Sites project, and knitting. Political, relational, humorous, and instructive, it offers the reader step by step instructions on how to knit sweaters and skirts that feature a variety of snappy slogans. ('When there’s nothing left to burn, you’ve got to set...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Artists’ books are works of art in the form of a book. This collection consists of over 80 artists’ books created between 1970 and 2017. It includes works by famous artists like Kara Walker, Barbara Kruger, Chuck Close, and Ed Ruscha as well as emerging artists during the period. There are also two reference works that provide intellectual context for the collection: Freedom of the Presses: Artists' Books in the 21st Century and Creating...

Scope and Contents "The Drips is a purely visual read on all things drippy and drawing flies. On one hand, a story of existential decay, a lonely hermit lives and works near the beach in a camper. On the other hand, this is a story about what gravity pulls to the ground like liquids, snot, sweat, oozy flesh, water and urine to substances that melt or spread like cheese or mortar. Also, a tale of what drips and drifts upwards from poisonous fumes produced by burning trash to the trail-blaze of a plane, charring...

Scope and Contents "David Sandlin was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1956, and has lived in the United States since 1972. He has been painting, printmaking, and creating installations professionally since moving to New York City in 1980. He is also a teacher at the School of Visual Arts. His paintings, prints, books, and installations have been exhibited extensively in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia. His work has also been published in the Best American Comics 2012 and 2009, New Yorker, New York...

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The book has holes to imitate the look of Swiss cheese and consists of short lines about cheese-making, taste, and art.

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Misaki Kawai is a Japanese sculptor, painter, designer, and installation artist who is known for her colorful and whimsical art works.

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Published by Four Corner Books in London, this slim volume is nevertheless a paean to the MTA and consists of photographs of bus drivers and a short essay about the pleasures of riding the bus in New York City.

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This artist's book is created by Panayiotis Terzis, an artist, printer, and publisher based in New York City.

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Andrea Geyer is an artist who lives and works in New York City. In this work, Geyer shows a map of New York City and the various female statues dotting the city that were created with the model, Audrey Munson.