Engagement with and manipulation of the book form is what drew my attention to these five works. In different ways all the works, the book […]
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Thoughts on and questions about the book as an artwork
What is the difference between a work of art and a work of craft? Are artworks essentially useless, ‘decorative’ objects while craft-works are useful, functional […]
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With many “objects” floating around carrying the tag “artist’s book”, I decided to tease out the particular characteristics of a book, looking for those characteristics […]
Continue readingThe definition of madness: the madness of definition
In 2013 Alan Loney wrote: “ ‘The trouble with artists’ books’ meant that the term ‘artists’ books’ was incapable of precise definition – but … […]
Continue readingWhat is it that I collect? What are these books?
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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