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…and so to collect.

by Bibliotheca Librorum apud ArtificemOctober 9, 2020 No Comments

When you recognise yourself as a collector, you have to confront the reality that you will be wrestling with dual demons: desire and insanity. There […]

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The cabinets and shelves of it all

by Bibliotheca Librorum apud ArtificemDecember 17, 2020December 22, 2020

The beginning of my collection was my own work. I began to collect the work of other artists out of a need to connect with […]

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Lines of Interest and the Canon

by Bibliotheca Librorum apud ArtificemNovember 29, 2020December 17, 2020

It is common in public institutions, art galleries, museums and libraries that the acquisitions departments have to buy certain works or items. As a private […]

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The definition of madness: the madness of definition

by Bibliotheca Librorum apud ArtificemOctober 27, 2020December 17, 2020

In 2013 Alan Loney wrote: “ ‘The trouble with artists’ books’ meant that the term ‘artists’ books’ was incapable of precise definition – but … […]

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What is it that I collect? What are these books?

by Bibliotheca Librorum apud ArtificemOctober 13, 2020December 17, 2020

Of course artists have been involved with books since the beginnings of books. Where do these books by artists fit in? In 1973 in the […]

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