Guardare Raccontare Pensare Conservare/Looking, Telling, Thinking, Collecting: Quattro Percorsi del Libro D'Artista Dagli Anni 60 ad Oggi/Four Directions of The Artist's Book From The Sixties to The Present

by Moeglin-Delcroix, Anne

• ISBN13: 9788887942811
• ISBN10: 8887942811
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

This is a collection of seminal artists' books examined through four different avenues--looking, telling, thinking, and collecting. The "Looking" section is devoted to books that are not intended to be read, and so the shapes, colors, and subjects--sensual, austere, abstract, or realist--mainly address sight. In the "Telling" section, we look at the different ways in which a book can tell a story--both in literary genres and in animated pictures. "Thinking" includes conceptual artists' books, but is not confined to them: we also look at artists who use their books to criticize society, or imagine a different world. Lastly, "Collecting" illustrates the close affinity between the book and collecting, and shows how the artists' book has been indispensable in preserving many works-as events. These sections are united by essays that examine the current position of artists' books, as well as their genesis, and their future.