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- Unlike an art book, catalog or monograph that tend to showcase artworks created in another medium, the term ‘artists’ books’ refers to publications that have been conceived as artworks in their own right.
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The origins of artists’ books: Dieter Roth’s radical experiments. The origins of artists’ books are complex and fragmented but conceptual works created in the 1950s and 1960s by Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth (1930–98) are considered the foundation of the artist’s book genre.
Apr 13, 2023 · Artists' books must be contrasted with other terms that may appear to be the same, but are, in fact, vastly different. These are: art book, livre d'artiste, illustrated book and painter's book. The first term is well clarified by Richard Kostelanetz:
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May 14, 2021 · What makes an artist’s book? Produced as one-of-a-kind art objects, or published by small presses in limited editions, artist’s books are not to be confused with illustrated books.
Artists' books are made for a variety of reasons. An artist book is generally interactive, portable, movable and easily shared. Some artists books challenge the conventional book format and become sculptural objects. Artists' books may be created in order to make art accessible to people outside of the formal contexts of galleries or museums. [4]
Definitions and terminology have been debated since Artists Books appeared as the title for a 1973 survey exhibition of artists books published from 1960 to 1973, organized by the Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. [2]
Apr 29, 2021 · An artists’ book would be any work of art held in book form, meaning the book is the medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of “book” as inspiration. The book as a whole, not just the photographs within it would be an art piece, the sculpture.
Artists’ books are works of art, like paintings or sculptures, but in book form. While book illustration has a much longer history, the book as art object is a product of the 20th century.
