artists books (Darboven-Duchamp)
One Century: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1988).
German text, images. Published in an edition of 1000 copies with additional 25 cased, signed and numbered. 21 x 15 cm, 196 pp. Gallery holds standard copy. Imshoot, uitgevers, Gent.
Bury, Stephen, 1995, Artists’ Books The Book as a Work of Art, 1963-1995, Scolar Press, Aldershot.
Lauf, Cornelia and Phillpot, Clive, 1998, Artist/Author Contemporary Artists’ Books, Distributed Art Publishers Inc. and The American Federation of Arts, New York.
Schreibzeit (1983)
An original document by Hanna Darboven which accompanied the exhibition in Hamburger Kunstverein. Catalogue and at the same time artist book, in newspaper format printed in green and black.31 x 43 cm. Kunstverein in Hamburg 29 January 1983 – 27 February 1983. Kunstverein in Hamburg.
SOLOMON BLUE (1994)
This small blue cloth covered artist book takes its name SOLOMON BLUE from the label of a local brand of Tuua Fish Solomon Blue packed in the Solomon Islands. It is a precurser to Davis’ 1995 7 volume SOLOMON. Published by the artist in an unlimited edition.
Grahame, N 1994, BEWARE books by artists, Numero Uno Publications, Brisbane.
SOLOMON (1995)
Seven volumes exploring language and space in the context of the Solomon IsLands. It combines certain aspects of concrete poetry with historical and contemporary images and texts. SOLOMON was produced from photographs taken in the Solomon Islands which have been digitally manipulated and printed on a bubble jet printer. Seven volumes housed in slip case. Each volume 13.5 x 13.5 x 10.4 cm in box 14.6 x 13.8 x 9.5 cm. Signed and numbered in an edition of 10. Collection holds edition 9/10. Published by the artist.
Grahame, Noreen 2007, ‘the book the poet, the artist and the breakthrough’, Artlink, vol. 27, no. 1.
Runde, Sabine; Solter, Stefan and Menz, Christopher 2000, Craft from Scratch, 8. Triennale for Form and Matters Australia and Germany, Museum für Angewante Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.
miniature Solomon (1995)
4 miniature ‘Solomon’ booklets ea. 5.7 x 6.6 cm, containing some images from the seven volume SOLOMON. Published by the artist.
GOGO GIRL (2007)
Could be viewed as the sad life story of a busy woman or an invitation to take time to reflect. Hand-stamped. 12.0 x 13.0 cm. Edition of 5. Collection holds edition a/p. numero uno publications.
Paper Shrine (1990)
Dean places such venerable American icons as the ubiquitous Smiley Face, dry-cleaning logos and bar codes on Op Art-inspired day-glow backgrounds. The visually arresting effect can only be described as consumer culture on acid. Paper Shrine was ‘conceive, collected and carefully crafted’ by Paul Dean.13.0 x 10.0 cm, 48 pp. Paper Shrine, Inc., Raleigh, USA.
Royal Flux (1996)
The title of this little 16 page book is printed at the top of the blue cover above the monarch’s crown. The publication date, 18 JUNE 1996, is rubber stamped vertically in the lower right corner. No text accompanies the six enlarged (5.6 x 4.8 cm) colour photocopies resembling a British postage stamp. The head of the British Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, appears in profile slightly coloured orange on an orange background. Dellafiora sands the portrait and each time re-photocopied until by the sixth postage stamp the portrait has become invisible. As with stamp albums the stamps in Royal Flux are hinged to the pages. 16 pp. 14.7 x 9.8 cm. Edition of 25. Collection holds edition 20/25. Field Study, 18 June 1996.
Journal of Field Study International – Field Report 1997
David Dellafiora invited artists from the four corners of the globe to contribute to Field Report 1997 of the Journal of Field Study International. The instructions are to send 100 copes of a documentation of a performance, instruction, manifesto, journey work, etc which you have conceived as a Field Study action and accordingly signed: ‘Field Study by….+ artist’s name (or pseudonym)’. Copies have to be flat and landscape format. Size (A5) 21.0 x 14.8 cm. Please leave 2 cms on the left hand side for the binding. All received emanations will be bound and a copy of the report will be sent to all participants. As well as received emanations the report will include a directory of Field members, an up date of projects and happenings throughout the year and new projects for 1998. Field Study, London.
Field Study Australia- Letter from Australia (1997)
A report with inclusions of mail-art from regular contributors to ‘Field Study’. 10.2 x 14.2 cm. Field Study, Australia.
Millennium Resolutions Instructions (1999)
Students from GATE - Jody Bauer, Lolita Garaia, Joy Lewis, Maureen Power, David Quinn Millennium Resolutions Instructions Small booklet with drawings and instructions on what to do with your 1999 New Year resolutions and with those of 2000. 10.5 x 7.5 cm. Open Hand Press, Geelong.
Saplings (1994)
Rubber stamps of saplings, accordian bound with corrugated card covers closed with rubber band. 7.5 x 3.6 x 1.5 cm. Signature rubber stamped. Edition of 100. Collection holds edition 10/100. Tin Star Studios.
Zoom (1990)
Subtitled ‘Dentro La Scrittura’ Zoom starts with a ‘z’ written so small that it is hard to decipher what the letter is, but with each page ‘z’ grows until it reveals the ‘inside writing’. 9.8 x 9.8 cm, 57 pp. Signed and numbered. Edition of 150. Collection holds edition 30/150. Edizioni il martello di Thor, Torino.
love poem (1985)
printed in grey on the ivory cover does nothing to prepare the viewer for the rich red heart on page one. A heart emptying a little on each successive page and the red from the heart becomes the ‘love poem’ until, by the last page, the heart has disappeared altogether and there is only the ‘love poem’. Signed and numbered. 28 pp. 22.5 x 16.3. Signed and numbered. Edition of 50. Collection holds edition 41/50. edizioni elle ci, Rome, Italy.
Artist Stamps (1992) and (1995)
Two multiples of artist’s stamps:
1. commemorates 500 years of Columbus’ discovery of the Americas.
2. is dedicated to the memory of Ray Johnson.
Signed. Published by the artist.
The Heart of the City (1991)
Images of graffiti within a given distance from the Darlinghurst flat in which the artist lived during 1989-90. The form of a red heart on a black cover sets the tone, and although many of the images express hate, love has the upper hand. Photocopied pages with some hand colouring. 44 pp .13.2 x 20.7 cm. Signed and numbered. Edition of 25. Collection holds edition 4/25. Published by the artist.
Between the Two (1997)
From Weproductions RED Square series.?Constructed to unravel across the open spread and around the edge of the page to express one continuous visual narrative. 168 pp, 13.3 x 13.0 cm. Printed Offset in an edition of 1000. Weproductions, Yarrow, Scotland.
BESIDE (1976)
A slim volume divided into three ‘chapters’:
1. First page blank, on facing page ‘containing’.On next page ‘this,’ opposite page ‘that,’. The next two pages both carry two 6.2 cm vertical parallel lines are set .5 cm apart. On the left page they are placed upper left and on the facing page upper right. This two line pattern repeats on 14 pages, then the first change occurs and on the next two pages the lines have shifted to the bottom half and are placed adjacent to the gutter. Another shift takes place on the next page, the two lines have separated, one is at the top and the other at the bottom. Their placement is set to the left of the page retaining the .5 cm distance apart. The lines on the facing page are still parallel but have been moved to bottom right. This pattern changes sides on the next two pages. With the fourth change the lines on the left page remain together – bottom left = and those on the right are reunited at top left. Turning the page the lines are now placed mid page to the left on the left page and have again separated on the right page, one top right and the other bottom right. In the next move the two lines are now mid right of the left page and the right page repeats the pattern from two pages back. Turning the page we are surprised by a photograph of a house (87 Greencroft Gardens, London NW6) on the right page, while on the left the lines are placed lower right next to the gutter. These two lines are adjacent to a pole in the photograph. The pattern of the two lines repeated on 14 pages towards the beginning of the book is repeated for the next fourteen pages. Turnng the page the left page is blank. and on the facing page is written ‘alongside’.
2. First two pages are blank. Photographs appear on the next two pages – On the left (Cafe de la Terrace, Oreé de la Foret, Poissy, France) and on facing page (17 Avenue de Mot, Bruxells, Belgium). In each photograph are two parallel poles approximately .5 cm apart.
3. Two blank pages are followed by another blank page on left with the familiar two lines placed mid page in the centre on right hand page. This placement is repeated on the next page with the right page this time blank. The next two pages are blank. The word ‘beside’ appears on the next page with ‘______this’ on the facing page. 72 pp. 16.9 x 11.5 cm. Michael Hobbs, Sydney.
Schraenen, Guy 1993, Peter Downsborough The Books Die Bücher, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen. (Band 6 der Sammlung Künstlerbücher)
Moline, K and Campbell, K (comp.) 1987, IN PRINT. Vol.1. Artists’ Books, The Power Gallery of Contemporary Art, The University of Sydney
Nine Months (1986)
Drescher’s drawings/musings take us on a delightful nine month journey during 1985/86 from Copenhagen to New York via Moscow, Shannon, Havana, Mexico / Oaxaca, and Puerto Angel. The nine months also entails the awaiting a birth.
Grahame, Noreen (ed.) 1991, Artists’ Books – The Catalogue, grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane
The History of the/my Wor(l)d (1995)
A striking alternative to the familiar telling of historical events. Drucker’s account of mythic and major moments in the course of western civilization marches roughshod over received traditions. This works combines references and irreverence, humour and insight, poetic language and an eclectic imagination. The combination of typographic innovation, visual puns, and linguistic play are unique elements of Drucker’s style. A richly suggestive work interweaving official history and individual memory. Printed offset in two colours on Warren’s lustro dull, casebound and with a letterpress dust jacket. Based on the Druckwerk letterpress edition of 1990. 40 pp. 28.9 x 21.9 cm. Edition of 1000. Granary Books, New York.
The Word Made Flesh (1996)
Calling attention to the visual materiality of the text, this book attempts to halt linear reading, trapping the eye in a field of letters which make a complex object on the page. The writing refers continually to the visceral character of language, literalizing metaphors of tongue, breath, and flesh. The work both embodies and discusses language as a physical form, one whose properties cannot be ignored by arriving at a disembodied content. Offset facsimile in two colours on Mohawk superfine, handbound, with two-colour letterpress covers by the author. 24 pp. 26.7 x 31.6 cm. Granary Books, New York.
Rotoreliefs (reprinted 1987)
Paper folder containing six round cards printed both sides. Diameter 14.5cm. A reprint of Duchamp’s famous rotoreliefs on six round cards with rotoreliefs on each side. Titles:
Card 1. Front: Cerceaux – Back: Verre de Bohèmee
Card 2. Front: Corolles – Back: Lampe
Card 3. Front: Spirale Blanche – Back: Eclipse Totale
Card 4. Front: Escargot – Back: Poisson Japonais
Card 5. Front: Laterne Chinoise – Back: oeuf à la coque
Card 6. Front: Cage – Back: Montgolfiere
Series 133 of König Postkartenverlag, Gebr. König, Köln