An artists' book is a work of artistic expression that uses the form or function of a book as inspiration.
This guide is designed to encourage you to explore the artists' book collection. Also included in this guide are some some fine press limited edition books in our special collections that have work by artists. Unlike most of Crossett Library's collections, the artists' books and special collections are not on the open shelves, so this guide is a way to digitally browse the collection.
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When you have identified which artists' books you would like to see email us library@bennington.edu to schedule a time to view them.
A Century of Artists Books by
Published to accompany the 1994 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York..
Hand, voice & vision : artists' books from Women's Studio Workshop by
Features artists’ books by thirty-six artists published over thirty years by Women’s Studio Workshop. Curated by Kathleen Walkup, Director of the Book Arts Program at Mills College, the exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective featuring some of the most influential contemporary book artists in America.
The Century of Artists' Books by
Topics include the discussion of the poetics of the book, the book as a metaphor, the conceptual space of the book, and books as narrative and non-narrative sequences.
Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000 by
Six sections: the evolution of the modern book in the decades before and after 1900; the momentum of Modernism in the twenties; the key role of Picasso; the influences of Dada, Surrealism, the Second World War and its aftermath; the shift of cultural power to the United States; and the new trends of the contemporary era.
