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The book as art : artists' books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts / Krystyna Wasserman with essays by Johanna Drucker and Audrey Niffenegger

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y Princeton Architectural Press 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: 208 S zahlr. IllISBN:
  • 1568986092 (alk. paper)
  • 9781568986098 (alk. paper)
  • 9781568989921
  • 156898992X
Other title:
  • Artists' books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.54 WAS
Contents:
What does it mean to make a book? / Audrey Niffenegger -- Intimate authority / Johanna Drucker -- The brightest heaven of invention / Krystyna Wasserman -- Storytellers -- Nature -- Food and the body -- Autobiographers -- Dreamers and magicians -- Historians -- Mothers, daughters, and wives -- Travelers -- Inspired by the muses.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Artists Books 745.54 WAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100568832

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Artists' books have emerged over the last 25 years as the quintessential contemporary art form, addressing subjects as diverse as poetry and politics, incorporating a full spectrum of artistic media and bookmaking methods, and taking every conceivable form. Female painters, sculptors, calligraphers, and printmakers, as well a growing community of hobbyists, have played a primary role in developing this new mode of artistic expression. The Book as Art presents more than 100 of the most engaging women's artist books created by major fine artists such as Meret Oppenheim, May Stevens, Kara Walker, and Renee Stout and distinguished book artists such as Susan King, Ruth Laxson, Claire Van Vliet, and Julie Chen.

Culled from over 800 unique or limited-edition volumes held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts, these books explore the form as a container for ideas. Descriptions of the works are accompanied by colorful illustrations and reflections by their makers, along with essays by leading scholars and a lively introduction by the most famous book artist in our culture, best-selling author Audrey Niffenegger. The exquisitely crafted objects in the The Book as Art are sure to provoke unexpected and surprising conclusions about what constitutes a book.

The Book as Art accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., beginning in October 2006.

Includes index

Originally published: 2007

What does it mean to make a book? / Audrey Niffenegger -- Intimate authority / Johanna Drucker -- The brightest heaven of invention / Krystyna Wasserman -- Storytellers -- Nature -- Food and the body -- Autobiographers -- Dreamers and magicians -- Historians -- Mothers, daughters, and wives -- Travelers -- Inspired by the muses.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword (p. 9)
  • Acknowledgments (p. 10)
  • What Does It Mean to Make a Book? (p. 12)
  • Intimate Authority (p. 14)
  • The Brightest Heaven of Invention (p. 18)
  • Storytellers (p. 26)
  • Nature (p. 50)
  • Food and the Body (p. 62)
  • Autobiographers (p. 72)
  • Dreamers and Magicians (p. 88)
  • Historians (p. 98)
  • Mothers, Daughters, and Wives (p. 116)
  • Travelers (p. 128)
  • Inspired by the Muses (p. 150)
  • Index of Artists and Works (p. 190)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Krystyna Wasserman, curator of book arts at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, has been one of the most important collectors in the field for the past thirty years.

Johanna Drucker is a professor at the University of Virginia and the top scholar on artists' books today.

Audrey Niffenegger, a book artist herself, is the author of the best-selling novel The Time Traveler's Wife, which is based on a character who is a papermaker and book artist.

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