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CONTEXT: Art, Books, & Freedom, (group exhibition), Curated by Meg Hitchcock, Butler Library, Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University, New York, NY, September 11, 2025 – May 29, 2026

Artists: Audra Wolowiec, Brian Dettmer, Brian Singer, Buzz Spector, Carolyn Thompson, Donna Ruff, Doug Beube, Gary Gissler, Jeff Wallace, Julia Bloom, Kerith Lisi, Lisa Kokin, Meg Hitchcock, Oriane Stender, Stefana McClure

(image: © Audra Wolowiec)

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Buzz Spector.  Le Fou, 1983.  Mixed Media.

https://www.buzzspector.com

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Artists’ Book Display for the week of August 26th, 2019

Trim : A Flip-Book for You to Make Yourself by Joseph S. Brajcki- Bloomington, IN : Joseph, 1995

Alighiero Boetti's One Hotel = Alighiero Boettis One Hotel by Anne Marie Sauzeau Boetti

Propo : Objects from performances by Paul McCarthy, 1972-1984 by Paul McCarthy - Milan, Italy: Studio Guenzani, 1994

The Book Maker's Desire : Writings on the Art of the Book by Buzz Spector- Pasadena, CA: Umbrella Editions, 1995

Celebrity drunks by Celebrity drunks- Winnipeg, MB : Video Pool, 1988

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Books On Books Collection - Louis Lüthi

Infant A (2012) Infant A (2012) Louis Lüthi Thread-stitched signature. H225 x W160 16 pages. Edition of 1000. Acquired from Torpedo Books, 8 January 2024. Photos: Books On Books Collection Infant A is part of a collection of essays commissioned by Will Holder at Paraguay Press under the series title The Social Life of Books. Lüthi’s contribution fits the Books On Books Collection on several…

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Books On Books Collection - "Books on Books" edited by Jérôme Saint-Loubert Bié

Artists ‘ book s are often self-conscious about the elements of book structure. This can involve self-reflexive humor or serious philosophical interrogations of a book’s identity. Disturbing conventions of reading by calling attention to these structures is often a feature of artists ‘ books through an emphasis on the features of the page and pointing to the book as a whole. But a book can also…

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Books On Books Collection - Warja Lavater

Books On Books Collection – Warja Lavater

Warja Lavater’s work first came to this collection’s attention through Jeffrey Abt and Buzz Spector. Entitled Jeu: livre en “papier modulé” (1980), the work had been included in an exhibition organized by Abt and, for which, Spector designed the catalogue: The Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, exhibited in the Joseph Regenstein Library, The University of Chicago, February…

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Books On Books Collection - Klaus Groh and Hermann Havekost

Books On Books Collection – Klaus Groh and Hermann Havekost

Artists’ Books / Künstlerbücher BuchobjekteLivres d’Artistes / Libri Oggetti (1986) Artists’ Books / Künstlerbücher Buchobjeckte / Livres d’Artistes / Libri Oggetti (1986)Klaus Groh, Hermann Havekost, Christiane Dierks and Anke SchröderFour-way bound book. 204 x 204 mm (closed), 420 x 420 mm (open), 1440 pages. Edition of 1000, of which this is #461. Acquired from Christian Hesse Auktionen, 7…

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Buzz Spector, A Passage, Granary Books, New York, NY, 1994, Edition of 48. Typeset by Philip Gallo at The Hermetic Press and printed offset by Brad Freeman at InterPlanetary Productions. Bound in cloth over boards by Jill Jevne 

(video by Emily Hernandez, 2016)