Apr 17, 2020
#ArtsyFriday
Enjoy Survival Knife #00, a funky book from the stacks. This collaborative artists’ book from Booklyn Artists Alliance was the product of a print/multiples exchange between over 50 artists with ties to Iowa City. It was compiled in 2010 by artist Joshua Doster. The contents—some of it original art—lives in a red pressboard file folder with pocket folders inside attached with metal fasteners. Inside is home to prints and art work from the collaborating artists. The pieces read as a kind of wacky stream of consciousness, from found objects to original art, collages, redacted poetry, and even an “FBI confidential file”. The banana knife on the cover is my favorite element.
--Laura
x-Collection FOLIO N7433.35 .U6 S87 2010