Box 5

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An award-winning book by architect and designer J. Meejin Yoon, Absence memorializes the 9/11 destruction of the World Trade Center through the invocation of absences with remarkable restraint.

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A pop-up book of the alphabet, this book is remarkable for its simplicity, ingenuity, and surprising iteration of the form.

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"An interesting compilation of statistics about the US circa 1984 juxtaposed with those of contemporary agrarian cultures around the world give insight into the alarming differences between the technologically advanced First World and those it often considers uncivilized. The artist's choice to print on sandpaper plays on the word 'asperity,' calling upon us to determine what is uneven, harsh, and severe about these cultures."--from printedmatter.org

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...