Tag: Essay

• Object Objects

  

  Object ObjectsShana KaplowDesigned by Matthew RezacSelf-published with support from TITLE Collective2019 10.625 × 8.375 in. closed112 pagesSmyth-sewn softcover with French flapsOffset printing “I can’t unknow the impact of these massive systems,” interdisciplinary visual artist Shana Kaplow writes on the front flap of Object Objects, referring to the underpinnings of capital and exploitative labor that gird…

  Eric Morris-Pusey

  May 27, 2021

  Review

  2019, Catalogue, Drawing, Essay, Mathew Rezac, Monograph, Object Objects, Offset Lithography, Photography, Shana Kaplow, Smyth Sewing, Softcover, Text, TITLE Collective

• 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…

  Levi Sherman

  April 30, 2021

  Review

  2020, Éditions clinamen, Copy Tweak Paste: Methods of Appropriation in Re-enacted Artists’ Books, Essay, Monograph, Offset Lithography, Perfect / Double-Fan Adhesive, Rob van Leisen, Softcover

• One Hundred Excellent Flowers

  

  Calling on the aesthetics and politics of the 1960s, One Hundred Excellent Flowers questions the possibility of freedom in the absence of truth.

  Levi Sherman

  July 6, 2020

  Review

  artists’ book, book art, book review, Clifton Meador, color separations, Essay, flowers, half-tone, junk food, Offset Lithography, Photography, pop art, Screw Post, Softcover, Text

• Seed Vault

  

  A collection of memories inspired by the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, “Seed Vault” uses the book form to imbue a text with rewarding multiple meanings.

  Levi Sherman

  January 19, 2020

  Review

  2017, artists’ book, Essay, memory, Monograph, Nonfiction, Pamphlet, photobook, Photography, Saddle Stitch, seed vault, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Text