artists' books (Hamilton - Howard)
The Rotham Certificates (suite two)
Boxed collection of 37 certificates in postcard format. The “certificates are separate but component drawn or painted version of 37 paintings – collaborations produced by Roth and Hamilton in Cadaqués in 1976 – which re-states the qualities (negative or not) of the ‘original’, in conventionally acceptable terms.” 15.0 x10.5 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. edition hansjörg mayer, Stuttgart and galeria cadaqués, Spain.
Dobke, Dirk et al 2004, Dieter Roth Books + Multiples, edition hansjörg mayer, London. p. 221
A Primer of Happenings & Time/Space Art (1965)
Copy from 1st printing, 1072 copies cloth. 145 pp. 20. 8×14.3×1.5cm.. Published by Something Else Press, NY.
Frank, Peter 1983, Something Else Press : an annotated biblioraphy, McPherson & Company, USA.
Eight Ball
According to the artist’s brief introduction in this volume in Kyoto Shoin’s ArT RANDOM series, the guiding principles for the series of collages made specifically for this book were chance and intuition. He composed these visually arresting images by rummaging through drawers full of old clippings, then cutting and pasting at random and painting over them with gouache and black sumi ink. The result is a mediation on love, life, art, and death. While many of the late artist’s signature elements are present, this book also holds a number of surprises. 46 pp., 31.0 x 23.5cm, hardback, printed offset. Published by Kyoto Shoin International, Kyoto.
The Pig Poems (2000)
Three Poems Concerning Lavionov’s Provincial Life Series. 32 pp letterpress in two colours, casebound 30.0 x 24.4 cm. Edition of 100 numbered copies. Collection holds no 47. Coracle, Ballybeg, Ireland.
Rose are Red, Violets are Blue. My Cat’s in Heat and I’m Think of You (1990)
Two independent but related narratives are overlaid. The more immediately apparent is the drawn image of a cat rolling in the throes of heat. Closer viewing reveals the background image also changes, as a camera examines at close range a fishnet-stockinged leg from upper thigh to toes. Turning the book over reveals a second sequence, which is the reverse of the first and also presents an intertwining of sexuality and voyeurism. Unlimited edition. Random Motion and Real Comet Press, Seattle, USA
A Book About Love & War & Death (1972)
Published 1972 but not released until 1993. 239 pp. 21.1×14.5×2.5cm. 1,000(?) copies cloth, 2,000(?) copies paper. Published by Something Else Press, NY.
Frank, Peter 1983, Something Else Press : an annotated bibliography, McPherson & Company, USA
A book about Love & War & Death, Canto One
First printing 1965, 500 copies; second printing 1000 both on light blue paper. 14 pp., 22.0 x14.0 cm. (collection holds copy from 1972 edition)
Bury, Stephen 1995, Artists’ Books The Book as a Work of Art. 1963-1995, Scolar Press, Aldershot.
The Origina of Species (1993)
The addition of 13 colour photocopy plates to the fourteen chapters of a Penguin Classic publication of Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’ interprets/re-examines Darwin’s theory. 19.7 x 12.5 cm. Signed, titled and dated on each plate. Gallery holds 2/25. Published by the artist.
Boeket (1992)
Black and white photographs of bouquets with colour covers from drawing. 29.0 x 20.0 cm. Edition of 10 signed by the artist. Collection holds no 6/10. Vossforlag, Amsterdam.
Cornelia Hoedeman and Jan Voss (Voss, 1945 Germany)
A (1992)
Hodeman and Voss have worked their way through the alphabet including ‘, “ : ? .’. Printed on ‘overprints from other artists’ books’. A delightful book. 14.5 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm. Unlimited edition. No copy quite alike. Signed by both artists. Fundatie Amsterdam.
Cornelia Hoedeman and Jan Voss (Voss, 1945 Germany)
B (1992)
Hoedeman and Voss have worked their way through the alphabet and have included ( “ : ? .’.). Printed on ‘overprints from other artists’ books’. A delightful book. Approximately 14.5 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm. Unlimited edition. No copy quite alike. Signed by both artists. Perfect bound. Fundatie Amsterdam.
Cornelia Hoedeman and Jan Voss (Voss, 1945 Germany)
! (1992)
Hoedeman and Voss have worked their way through the alphabet and have included ( “ : ? .’.). Printed on ‘overprints from other artists’ books’. A delightful book. Approximately 14.5 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm. Unlimited edition. No copy quite alike. Signed by both artists. Perfect bound.Fundatie Amsterdam.
Cornelia Hoedeman and Jan Voss (Voss, 1945 Germany)
? (1992)
Hoedeman and Voss have worked their way through the alphabet and have included ( “ : ? .’.). Printed on ‘overprints from other artists’ books’. A delightful book. Approximately 14.5 x 10.0 x 1.5 cm. Unlimited edition. No copy quite alike. Signed by both artists. Perfect bound.Fundatie Amsterdam
Laments (1989)
(Also accompanied by a VHS video of 13 LED signs in the DIA installation) Book and Video tape documents Holzer’s installaion of 13 stone sarcophagi and 13 LED signboards. The book includes reproductions of the original drawings for the inscriptions with vellum interlays; and the video tape provides a visual tour of her show augmented by voiceovers of the inscription. Collection does not hold VHS.
Bury, Stephen 1995, Artists’ Books The Book as a Work of Art. 1963-1995, Scolar Press, Aldershot.
A multiple – 6 rubber stamps and ink pad in box. (1991)
A collection of Holzer’s statements which take advantage of the traditional rubber stamp format. Packaged in brown box on a bed of shredded tissue. The stamps have a natural wood base, with a “Truism” printed on the top in black ink. The Truisms are: Any Surplus is Immoral / Confusing Yourself is A Way to Stay Honest / Money Creates Taste / Much Was Decided Before You Were Born / Words Tend To Be Inadequate / Lack of Charisma Can Be Fatal. Published by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.Each stamp 2.5 x10.2 x 2.5 cm.; box 10.0 x 15.0 x 10.0 cm.
Stanhope, Zara 1991, Multiplication: the multiple object in art, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne. (exhibition catalogue)
Multiples – Wooden postcards (date unknown)
Wooden postcards with Holzer’s ‘Truisms’: Abuse of Power Comes as no Surprise / Expiring for Love is Beautiful but Stupid / Raise Boys and Girls the Same Way / Private Property Created Crime / Lack of Charisma Can be Fatal / Money Creates Taste / Torture is Barbaric / The Breakdown comes when you stop controlling yourself and waant the release of a bloodbath / The Beginning of the War Will be Secret / You are Guileless in your Dreams / In a Dream you saw a way to Survive and you were full of Joy / You are caught thinking about killing anyone you want / Fathers Often Use too much Force / Men don’t protect you anymore / Murder has its sexual side. Published by Fotofolio/Artpost.
The Sideral Heavens (1989)
Colour photocopies of classical images which have been altered by the edition of Brigid Riley patterns. Hand stamped band. 19.8 x 22.9 cm. Edition of 10. Published by the artist on the occasion of his exhibition at Grahame Galleries 25 August – 23 September 1989.
Bridge Pieces . spanning a chasm (1991)
In Bridge Pieces . spanning a chasm, produced after a time of conflict (the Iraq war) and the death of a friend, the artist uses the form of the bridge as a positive symbol. – a symbol of possibility, of hope, and also of change. The skies and clouds have a calming effect, even the red clouds do not menace, and the use of the watercolour medium softens the broken bridges, which are not intended to be negative. The bridge is put in the contexts of change (ordered chaos), irrational behavior by man (war) and beyond (astronomy symbols). 19.8 x 25.0 cm, spiral bound and cotton ties. Produced on the occasion of the artist’s exhibition ‘Bridgeworks’ at Grahame Galleries 13 November – 7 December, 1991. Unique.
Bridge Works (1991)
Book of hand-coloured 8 rubber stamps of bridges made by the artist. 13.0 x 15.5 cm. Hand made and hand bound by the artist. Edition of 200. Collection holds copy inscribed ‘special number for Noreen’. Published by the artist on the occasion of his exhibition ‘Bridgeworks’ at Grahame Galleries 13 November – 7 December, 1991.
Memory Maps (1993)
The fading memories of a father who passed away twenty-five years ago and a mother’s memory affected by Alzheimer’s disease emphasise the tenuous hold on the source of memories. Honeywill’s book explores these links with the past through ‘the residual feelings that remain from memories that are lost. ‘ With extract from a short story ‘Water in the Wires’ by Ross Honeywill. Screenprinted images and text by Jonathan Tse. Bound by Fred Pohlmann. 15.2 x 20.5 cm. Edition of 100 signed and numbered. Collection holds edition 1/100, Published by the grahame galleries + editions on the occasion of the artist’s exhibition at
the gallery 10 November – 11 December 1993.
Grahame, Noreen (ed.) 1994, BEWARE books by artists, Numero Uno Publications, Brisbane.
A Reference Book : points of ordered silence (1996)
Ten pages are colour photocopies of original watercolours which were conceived and developed on Stradbroke Island winter of 1996. Holes were punched in the watercolours, and the number of holes represent a particular time in the artist’s life. Ten clear interleaving pages carry chronological points of silence over 44 years.
fifty two pieces of ordered silence
fifty six pieces of ordered silence
nine pieces of unconscious silence
fifty one pieces of reflective silence
twenty five pieces of ordered silence
thirty pieces of enlightened silence
eighty four pieces of eruptive silence
sixty three pieces of magnetic silence
seventy one pieces of memory (silence of the heart)
forty four pieces of ordered silence
This book is another “memory map”. 20pp, 17.3 x 24.0 cm, hard covers, spiral bound. Edition of 30. Collection holds edition 15/30. Pubished by the artist on the occasion of his exhibition ‘Ordered Silence’ at grahame galleries + editions.
John Honeywill and Ron McBrunie
Mute Book (1996)
A book of drawings by both artists. Sprial bound spine and lip so that the book is unable to be opened. Produced a gift for Noreen Grahame. 9.4 x 13.0 cm. Unique.
Index Cixous (2006)
Inspired by the author Hélène Cixous, Index Cixous questions the nature of language in its most fundamental sense and proposes a new language, one without words, but which can be read as any other. It is also a portrait and many stories. 116 pp. 65 Tritone and 15 colour photographs – portraits. 14 x 20.5 cm. Softcover in slipcase plus C Print 19.2 x 13 cm. Steidl Verlag, Göttinger.
1990 (1989)
A look ahead to what could happen in 1990. 7×5cm. Numbered 109/109. Editions Estampa, Madrid.
Action Man Story (1976)
Subtitled “A Parable about a Universal Soldier and his Public” and told in 72 scenes “Action Man Story” relates the experiences of a young man who joins the Army as soon as he leaves school. “All the scenes in the book are in fact based on film footage from the Second World War which the artist discovered in the archives of the BBC, though the main figure in the book is that of a twelve-inch high American doll known colloquially as ‘G.I. Joe’. After projecting the film stock onto a screen standing behind the carefully posed figure of the doll and taking single-frame shots of the various tableaux…, Howard then made negatives of suitable frames and then printed them on high contrast materials. A charred, somewhat corroded image is the result”. 25.5 x 20.0 cm. Self-published Montreal, Canada.
Catalano, Gary 1983, The Bandaged Image : A study of Australian artists’ books, Hale & Iremonger.