artists' books
- PUBLICATIONS
[printed] Präprintium. Moskauer Bücher aus dem Samizdat
- Herausgegeben von Günter Hirt und Sascha Wonders. Dokumentationen zu Kultur und Gesellschaft im östlichen Europa; Band 5 (Bremen, 1998) CD-Rom incl. Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Staatsbibliothek Berlin (14 May-27 June 1998) and other revenues. Images on the site of the Prunksaal der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek.
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES, GUIDES
- Archive für Künstlerpublikationen und künstlerische Kommunikationsstrukturen [pdf]
- The Book Arts Scene of the 1980s in East Germany, Stanford UL
- Most of the bibliographic reference works to former DDR artists' publications are printed. A selection:
- DDR 1980-1989 Künstlerbücher und originalgrafische Zeitschriften im Eigenverlag: eine Bibliografie / Jens Henkel, Sabine Russ (Merlin-Verlag : Gifkendorf 1991). This volume, commissioned by the Buch und Schriftmuseum der Deutschen Bücherei Leipzig, is the first comprehensive bibliography of Artists' Books and graphic-literary periodicals published independently in the GDR. It contains descriptions and black and white reproductions of 304 books, ten presses and editions and 26 periodicals.
- Eigenart und Eigensinn. Alternative Kulturszenen in der DDR 1980-1990 / mit einem Bestandskatalog, bearb. und kommentiert von Franz Eckart. Kataloge der Forschungsstelle Osteuropa, Band 4 (Edition Temmen : Bremen, 1993).
- Non kon form : Künstlerbücher, Text-Grafik-Mappen und autonome Zeitschriften der DDR 1979-1989 aus der Sammlung der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden / Renate Damsch-Wiehager, Knut Nievers a.o. (Kiel, 1992).
- Vogel oder Käfig sein : Kunst und Literatur aus unabhängigen Zeitschriften in der DDR, 1979-1989 / ed. Klaus Michael und Thomas Wohlfahrt (Galrev : Berlin, 1991).
- Künstlerzeitschriften der DDR, SLUB, Dresden [also Deutsche Fototek]
- MUSEUMS and COLLECTIONS
- Koopman collectie at the Royal library, The Hague
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Museum Meermanno, The Hague
- Letterenbibliotheek Universiteit Utrecht
- [publication] Het kunstenaarsboek als wetenschappelijke bron. Een onderzoek naar de collectie kunstenaarsboeken uit de jaren zestig en zeventig van de twintigste eeuw in de Letterenbibliotheek te Utrecht / Anne van der Zwaag (maart 2003) MA Thesis. The catalogue of the collection artists' books in the Letterenbibliotheek contains the description of 227 books, 38 catalogues and 12 journals or serials; all titles published 1966-1978.
- DIRECTORIES, GUIDES
- Clip/Stamp/Fold. Radical Architecture of Little Magazines
- MUSEUMS and COLLECTIONS
- Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, John M. Flaxman Library, Chicago
- Gund Library at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
- University of Iowa Libraries' Collection of Artists' Books, Iowa City
- UCLA Library Special Collections, Los Angeles CA
- [exhibition] SO CALled BOOKS Diversity in Artists'Books from Southern California
- MCDA Library Artists' Books, Minneapolis
- Yale University's Arts of the Book Collection, New Haven CT
- Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
- Special Collections University of Delaware, Newark DE
- Carnegie Mellon Libraries
- VCU Book Art Collection, James Branch Cabell Library, Richmond VA
- Stanford University Libraries, Stanford CA
- NMWA Books as Art, Washington DC
- Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington DC
- Sloane Art Library, Chapel Hill NC
- Artists' Books. The Book as a Work of Art, 1963-1995
Stephen Bury
Scolar Press : Aldershot 1995
The scholarly apparati comprise a chronology, glossary, general bibliography, and index. These are the areas which, if thoroughly developed, would have made an excellent reference work. In spite of the suggested focus on 1963-1995, half the chronology deals with pre-1963 developments. If expanded both in number and length of post-1963 entries, the chronology could be a useful resource for the appearance of workshops and production of influential books. The one-page glossary defines important terms such as edition, issue, and impression and includes book arts terminology, but does not intend to be comprehensive. The extensive index and general bibliography distinguish this volume as a reference tool. It contains the largest bibliography on artists' books since the excellent publication Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook (Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1985). Fairly comprehensive for early aspects of artists' books, the bibliography lacks some periodical literature, exhibition catalogUEs, and ephemeral material, especially regarding contemporary American book artists [source: Kristine Markovich for ARLIS/NA Reviews (May 1996)]. Reviewed by Buzz Spector for Art Journal (Fall 1997).
Also by Stephen Bury, 'The Sound of artists' books' (2004).
The Century of Artists' Books
Johanna Drucker
Granary Books : New York NY 1995
In its introduction Johanna Drucker describes her book as providing "an overview of the development of this artform by mapping a history of major areas of activity in artists' books over the last 100 years and offering a critical structure for looking at work in this field."
Read the first chapter 'The Artists' Book as Idea and Form'.- Esthétique du livre d'artiste (1960-1980)
Anne Moeglin-Delvcroix
Jean-Michel Place/Bibliothèque nationale de France : Paris 1997
Artists Books. A Critical Survey of the Literature
Stefan Klima
Granary Books : New York NY 1998
Stepehn Klima's five essays offer important perspectives on key topics in the artists' book field. One essay evaluates current critical writing; another chronicles the tireless (and tiresome) "What is an artists' book?" argument. Klima's thorough bibliography lists theoretical and historical texts.- Artist/Author. Contemporary Artists' Books
Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot
D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers Inc. : New York 1998
Exhibition catalogue published to accompany 'Artist/Author', a traveling exhibit about books as an art form, organized by the American Federation of the Arts in New York City.
A Book of the Book. Some Works & Projections about the Book & Writing
Jerome Rothenberg and Steven Clay (editors)
Granary Books : New York NY 2000
Essays by Keith Smith ('The Book as Physical Object'), and Johanna Drucker ('The Artist's Book as Idea and Form') are of particular interest to artists' book scholars and makers. A Book of the Book is an important entry in a bibliography about artists' books because it considers them in a literary--as well as visual-art--context.
Künstlerbücher I / hrsg. von Eva Meyer-Hermann (Krefelder Kunstmuseum : Krefeld 1993) and Sand in der Vaseline. Künstlerbücher II 1980-2002 / hrsg. von Sabine Roeder; Texte von Sabine Röder, Uwe Koch, Dorothea Klein, Klaus Pohl, Melitta Kliege (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König : Köln 2002). In the exhibition catalogue you will find the complete bookworks of Werner Büttner, Albert Oehlen, Georg Herold, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Barbara Bloom, Sophie Calle, Fischli & Weiss, Gelatin, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince, Mike Kelley, Ida Applebroog and Heimo Zobernig. The exhibition is reviewed by Carolin Behrmann for H-Net online.- 'Polish Artists' Books in the 1990-s - and three libraries'
- By Pjotr Rypson, in Lazar Fleishman (ed.), Studies in Modern Russian and Polish Culture and Bibliography. Essays in Honor of Wojciech Zalewski. Stanford Slavic Studies 20 (Stanford 1999) 314-323. By the same author Polish artists´ books in the 1990-s, text from catalogue exhibition 'Book and what next', AT Gallery Poznan 2000.
