Printed Matter [founded by Sol LeWitt, Edit deAk, Lucy Lippard, Carl Andre, Pat Stein, Walter Robinson, Robin White - with a board that also had Ingrid Sischy, Carol Adroccio, Amy Baker, Clive Phillpot, and Howardena Pindell] is the world's venerable distributor of artists' books - from 1976 through 1986 it issued an annual catalogue of all it's inventory - 1000s of artists' books, artists' periodicals, artists' audioworks, and other artists' publications. ... [details]
"Edited by Walter Robinson, Edit DeAk, and Joshua Cohn, Art-Rite was published in New York City between 1973 and 1978. The periodical has long been celebrated for its underground/overground position and its cutting, humorous, on-the-streets coverage and critique of the art world. ... [details]
Folded exhibition brochure / poster published in conjunction with show "Book as System: The Artists' Books by Sol LeWitt," organized by Emanuele De Donno, held at Printed Matter, Inc., New York, June 28 - September 29, 2019. ... [details]
"A Book About Colab (and Related Activities) – edited by Max Schumann, and with a Foreword and Afterword by art writer and Colab member Walter Robinson – traces the output of Collaborative Projects Inc. ... [details]
A transcription of a conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, Joseph Grigely, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, with introduction by AA Bronson. "This book reproduces the keynote address at the first Contemporary Artists' Books Conference, held in conjunction with The NY Art Book Fair, October 24, 2004. ... [details]
Artists' book / parody of Edward Ruscha's classic artists' book "Twentysix Gasoline Stations." "Pichler's version offers a more modern update, examining twenty-six German gas stations all owned by the same company and all displaying the same signage and architectural elements. ... [details]
"Consisting entirely of questions, Gregg Bordowitz's Volition is 142 pages of active, mind-bending engagement with the reader, who is led down paths of inquiry involving art, meaning, philosophy, choice, happiness, and identity. ... [details]
Artists' book published to accompany Matt Keegan's "Americamerica" project. "In early 2008, New York artist Matt Keegan undertook a journey that loosely followed the 1986 Hands Across America route. He took casts of thirteen mayors across the way, and as he traced a physical connection between New York and Los Angeles, he began to draw other connections between 2008 and 1986, particularly between the Reagan and Bush Administrations. ... [details]
Edition print by Anne Collier and Matthew Higgs featuring image of the cover of Billy Button's book titled "I Married An Artist" with image of an aggrieved seated woman. [details]
" 'The Signing' is a facsimile reproduction of the gallery sign-in book from the artist's 2007 exhibition 'Abstraction' at Luhring Augustine. Hardbound in black cloth to resemble the sketchbook on which it is based, the book consists of the signatures and notes left by visitors both famous and unknown. ... [details]