Tag: 2020
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The Streets Are Very Quiet
The Streets Are Very Quiet(You Look Like The Right Type, Book 2)Mark Addison Smith2022Printed at Fort Orange Press 448 pages9 × 6 × 2 in. closedSmyth-sewn, case-boundDigital printing inside with foil-stamped coverFirst edition of 150 The Streets Are Very Quiet belongs to a series of daily drawings titled You Look Like The Right Type, which…
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Prisoners’ Inventions
Prisoners’ InventionsAngeloTemporary Services (Brett Bloom and Marc Fischer)Edited by Mairead Case and designed by Partner & PartnersHalf Letter Press2020 8.5 × 5.5 in. closed200 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Prisoners’ Inventions is what the title suggests: a compendium of devices designed, built, and used by people incarcerated in US prisons. First published in 2003 with WhiteWalls, this…
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Music of the Uncanny Soundscapes
Neil MajeskiMusic of the Uncanny SoundscapesFrom the series: The Last State or the Penultimate2020 4.5 × 7 in. closed20 pagesSaddle-stitched, softcover pamphletInkjet and laser [In a departure from the usual Artists’ Book Reviews format, this mini review is part of a series on Neil Majeski’s pamphlet series, The Last State or the Penultimate. The first of these mini reviews covered Majeski’s…
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Pamphlets
PamphletsAndrew ShawJune 2019–March 2020The Silent Academy 11 × 8.5 in. open1 sheet each (12 total)Trifold cardstock pamphlets In his 2019–2020 series of twelve pamphlets, Andrew Shaw conceals extravagantly magical ideas in a plain package. Simultaneously evocative and mystifying titles like Items of Inconsequential Dysfunction & Beauty or Items of Color & Reach appear in black…
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The Last State or the Penultimate
Neil MajeskiThe Last State or the Penultimate2019–2021 4.5 × 7 in. closedVaried page countsSaddle-stitched softcover pamphletsInkjet and laser Depictions of a Developing LampshadeThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodThe Perverse DoiliesCurious Details in PostcardsMusic of the Uncanny Soundscapes To review Neil Majeski’s The Last State or the Penultimate, a series of five interrelated…
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Ballroom Etiquette
Ballroom EtiquetteMaria Brito and Bruno NeivaDesigned with Lisa LorenzTeam Trident Press2020 4 × 5 in. closed48 pagesSaddle-stitched pamphletRisograph inside with thermography-finished coverEdition of 150 A collaboration between Maria Brito and Bruno Neiva, Ballroom Etiquette is a slim, pocket-sized pamphlet, but it distills two books — True Politeness: A Hand-book of Etiquette for Ladies (1867) and…
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Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical Inspections
Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical InspectionsHartmut AbendscheinTimglaset Editions2020 8.25 × 6 in. closed108 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverLaser printing If the title of Asemic Walks: 50 Templates for Pataphysical Inspections seems somewhat opaque, the book itself is transparent – literally. Fifty sheets of translucent drafting vellum, each with a printed route, are bound between a few solid…
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Terra Nullius
Terra NulliusChristopher Kardambikis2020 7.5 × 10.25 in. closed50 pagesBinding: Plastic strip fastenerRisograph I try not to talk about William Blake. I love his work, but I find his outsized role in the genealogy of artists’ books to be of little use for contemporary criticism. So, when I opened Terra Nullius by Christopher Kardambikis, I shuddered.…
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Convalescence
ConvalescenceGrant EvansAdversary Editions2020 6 × 9 in. closed110 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital offset Convalescence is the first book by musician and visual artist, Grant Evans. It is far from the only artists’ book about grief, yet it stands out as particularly dark and gritty. Not only because it grapples with addiction and murder, but because Evans metaphorizes…
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Copy, Tweak, Paste: Methods of Appropriation in Re-enacted Artists’ Books
Copy, Tweak, Paste: Methods of Appropriation in Re-enacted Artists’ BooksRob van Leijsen2020 Éditions clinamen5.5 × 7.875 in. closed223 pagesPerfect-bound paperbackOffset printing Plenty of artists’ book practitioners and scholars have a background in graphic design, but for Rob van Leijsen graphic design is not merely an entry point into artists’ books; it is a place to…
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