#book object

[lucasartres]

Marila Dardot. Volta ao dia em 80 mundos. 2013.

[i12bent]

Marie Louise Kold (48 today) is a Swedish artist who mainly works with metals - copper, brass and bronze. She works in several different categories, including portraits, public  decorative works, jewelry, and ‘book objects’

Above: Unleashed Truths, patinated copper

[uispeccoll]

#ArtsyFriday

In light that this week brought both International Book Day (Thursday April 23) and National Library Week, our selected artists' book may appear a little unorthodox. Re-imagining a 'chained book', A book by Scott Sikenofka is unreadable. The book object consists of a copy of the King James Bible chained shut with a heavy duty combination lock on the front cover. The only identifiable feature is the artist's last name scrawled on the front cover in gold. Our library copy was exhibited in 'Artwoods and bookworks' at the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art in 1978. Without a colophon or artist statement, the simple title A book was supplied by Judith Hoffberg (librarian, archivist, and editor of Umbrella, a newsletter on artists' books, mail art, and Fluxus) in a letter from 1990; Hoffberg who co-curated the 1978 exhibition. I always find book objects fascinating, but considering this piece in a time when we find ourselves away from the stacks and attempt to make connections without opening the pages of a book, this artists' book resonates. --Laura 

x-Collection N7433.3.S546 A4 1978

[thoughtportal]

The Book Object as Exhibition, an Interview with Dayanita Singh

We talk to Singh her discontent with photography that simply exist on the walls of art galleries and museums, and why she prefers to create objects that she conceives as mini-exhibition.

Artist Dayanita Singh wasn’t happy taking photographs in the traditional way, preferring to create what she calls “book objects,” mini-exhibitions to showcase her work. Singh plays with the conventional language of art, and even calls herself an “off-set artist” to denote her preferred way to display her images.

[uispeccoll]

#ArtsyFartsyFriday

Some books take your breath away. The City Within by Natalie Draz, a moveable artists’ book, is one of those books. Created by Draz during an artist’s book residency at the Women’s Studio Workshop in 2016, this kinetic piece is housed in a simple wooden box; what first appears as an irregularly shaped booklet expands into a freestanding rib-cage structure juxtaposing letterpress and intaglio prints, a book object meant to be interacted with. As an artist hailing from Canada, Draz’s city is based on elements of downtown Montreal but for each new reader, an imaginary city forms. This video shows the artist interacting with one of the edition of 60:  

https://vimeo.com/172906878

Cities and maps are common inspirations in Natalie Draz’s work, as she “illustrates and papercuts cities that exist between reality and her own perspectives”. (Artists’ website)

--Laura  

X-Collection X7433.4 .D6955 C58 2016

[viragfold]

Legal deposit

[1995]

[mairimregreb]

n.t. (un-ward, we roam alone), 2023

"fibelbrand"

[abygael]

positive and negative space

these books are of particular interest due to their use of negative space as a visual element. how can i incorporate the cutting away of material, to further develop an image. what connotations does this present?

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