Artists' books/book-like objects / Brad Freeman -- Critical necessities / Johanna Drucker -- A mass-produced product of high order / Anne Moeglin-Delcroix -- Ars combinatoria and the book / Janet Zweig -- The knowing of artists' books / Monica Carroll and Adam Dickerson -- Interview with Joan Lyons -- Feminism and the book arts at the Woman's Building, Los Angeles / Alisa Scudamore -- A centering, of sorts : the evolving idea of Minnesota Center for Book Arts / Mary Jo Pauly -- Call and response : teaching with artists' books at the Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago / April Sheridan and Doro Boehme -- Ulises Carrión and other books and so / Gerrit Jan de Rook -- The Artists' Book and Its Relationship to Contemporary Practices / Océane Delleaux ; translation by Skye Enyeart-Rust -- Shifting artist's book distribution models / Brandon Graham -- Publishing art / Jérôme Dupeyrat -- Artists' books : between viewing and reading / Ward Tietz -- Criticism and the artist's book / Paulo Silveira -- Wire dancers / Philip Cabau -- The gift, the network, and reciprocity in artist's books / Leszek Brogowski -- Coming to our senses with a modern mythic form / Lyn Ashby -- The haptic and the emerging critical discourse on artists' books / Tim Mosely -- The smell of books : Freud's gardenia and other ephemeral scents / Debra Parr -- Portuguese comics artists' books / Pedro Moura -- Books and conflict : witnessing reality and representation / Levi Sherman -- Artists' books in Portugal : authors' editions, small press, independent publishers, and other book artists / Catarina Figueiredo Cardoso and Isabel Baraona -- Farewell / Brad Freeman -- On reflection and in retrospect : The journal of artists' books, 1994-2020 / Johanna Drucker.
Summary:
"This anthology of articles selected from JAB: The Journal of Artists' Books (1994-2020) contains some of the best critical writing on artists' books produced in the last quarter of a century. Driven by the editorial vision of artist Brad Freeman, JAB began as a provocative pamphlet and expanded to become a significant journal documenting artists' books from multiple perspectives. With its range of participants and approaches, JAB provided a unique venue for sustained critical writing in the field and developed a broad subscriber base among institutional and private collectors and readers. It featured artists' profiles, book reviews, reports from book fairs and conferences, interviews with major figures, and much lively debate about how to engage critically with artists' books. More than two hundred writers and artists from nearly two dozen countries around the globe were published in its pages. Contributions came from authors in Australia, North America, Europe, the UK, and South America and from literary studies, visual arts, photography, media theory, and book history as well as other backgrounds. The original issues each had covers designed-and often printed-by individual book artists. Later issues contained artists' books produced exclusively for its subscribers. No other journal dedicated exclusively to artists' books had so long a run or such broad representation. As JAB's visibility increased, more artists and writers contributed to its ongoing exchanges. The essays in this collection are all exemplary works of critical writing that illuminate individual books, artists, or presses but also offer a diverse range of methodological approaches to interpreting these vibrant and compelling works of art. Providing new access to these essays will hopefully inspire new work in creative and intellectual areas of the field and offer a resource to those responsible for teaching and collecting artists' books"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Impressions : studies in the art, culture, and future of books
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.