A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections about the Book & Writing breaks down into four sections: "Pre-faces" includes work by Rothenberg, Steve McCaffery & bp Nichol, Keith A. Smith, Michael Davidson, Anne Waldman, Jacques Derrida, Edmond Jabés (translated by Rosmarie Waldrop), among others; "The Opening of the Field" includes work by Gertrude Stein, William Blake, Susan Howe, Maurice Blanchot, Marjorie Perloff, André Breton and Jerome McGann among others; "The Book is as Old as Fire & Water" includes work on Guruwari designs, novelty books, pattern poetry, celestial alphabets among others, while "The Book to Come" presents work by Tom Phillips, Johanna Drucker, Alison Knowles, Charles Bernstein, Jess (a complete re-issue of his 1960 work O!), Ian Hamilton Finlay, Barbara Fahrner and much more. ... [details]
Volume I of the Franklin Furnace Archive Artists' Book Bibliography. 144 white note cards, including 1 cover / colophon card. These cards descriptively catalogue books in the Franklin Furnace Artists' Book Collection, and supply artists' statements. ... [details]
An illustrated anthology of the fourteen most significant Happenings with working scripts, descriptions of the productions, and comments by the artists on their work. Written and edited by Michael Kirby. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Kunstmuseum Hanover from November 14- December 7, 1980. Texts, in German, by Joachim Büchner, Bernhard Holeczek, Michael Erlhoff, Schuldt. ... [details]
Artist's book in the form of loose cardboard sheets in an envelope. Each of the four enclosed cardboard sheets feature six black-and-white photographs, all taken from the same place and acting as coordinates referring to that point. ... [details]
Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at Dayton's Gallery 12, Minneapolis, November 6 - November 30, 1968. Exhibition in collaboration with Dwan Gallery, New York. Includes a biography, history of works exhibited, and an introductory obituary for the artist by Michael Heizer. ... [details]
Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at Other Books and So, Amsterdam, April 27 - May 15, 1976. Original rubber-stamped front cover by Ulises Carrion and back cover by de Rook. Mimeographed book with several pages actually rubber stamped by various artists and one bound-in, numbered airmail letter sheet densely rubber stamped by Michael Rene d'Arnal and Marlies Sartory. ... [details]
Catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Galerie Ariadne, Vienna, March [ ] - April [ ], 1969. Includes a checklist and artist's bibliography. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white reproductions. ... [details]
Considered to be the first assembling-style publication, this book compiles drawings, rubber stampings, concrete / visual poetry, multiple print techniques and more. Includes contributions from D. Albrecht, Eric Andersen, Bread and Puppet Theater (Schumann, Whiteside and Spevac), Stanley Brouwn, Herbert Distel, Otto Dressler, Jochen Gerz, Dick Higgins, Michael Heininger, Irma Hunerfauth, Jörg Immendorff, Milan Knizak, Edward Krasinski, Gerhard Merz, Manfred Mohr, Thomas Niggl, Hermann Nitsch, Heimrad Prem, Arnulf Rainer, Werner Schreib, Harvey Spevak, Klaus Staeck, Timm Ulrichs, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Elena Whiteside, Will Wiprsek, Hans-Peter Zimmer and others. [details]
A collection of concrete and visual poetry edited by Richard Kostelanetz, with contributions from Raymond Federman, Liam O'Gallagher, Herb Lubalin, Gay Beste, Robert P. Brown, Ferdinand Kriwet, Robert Lax, Ruth Jacoby, Robert Indiana, John Hinde, Allan Kaprow, Michael Joseph Phillips, Emmett Williams, Patrick Bridgewater, Michael Heller, Tom Phillips, Edwín Morgan, Chryea, John Furnival and many others. ... [details]
