Book Art
Abt, Jeffrey. 1986. The book made art: a selection of contemporary artists’ books. Chicago: The University of Chicago Library. Allingham, Philip V. “The Technologies of Nineteenth-Centgury Illustration: Woodblock Engraving, Steel Engraving, and Other Processes”. The Victorian Web.
Antaya, Christine and Sloman, Paul. Book Art: Iconic Sculptures and Installations Made from Books. Gestalten (May 26, 2011). Documents current art, installation, and design created with and from books. “The fascinating range of examples in Book Art is eloquent proof that–despite or because of digital media’s inroads as sources of text information–the book’s legacy as an object and a carrier of ideas and communication is being expanded today in the creative realm.” Book jacket. See interview with Antaya and some of the artists here.
Arnar, Anna Sigridur. The Book as Instrument: Stéphane Mallarmé, the Artist’s Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture. Study of the literary and cultural seedbed of book art; an account of Stéphane Mallarmé’s influence and that of the cultural, aesthetic and political facto
Bleus, Guy. Art Is Books: Kunstenaarsboeken/Livres D’Artistes/Artist’s Books/Künstlerbücher. Catalog of a travelling exhibition in 1991. See also Artists’ Books on Tour edited by Kristina Pokorny-Nagel.
Bodman, Sarah, ed. Books By Artists. Bristol: University of the West of England, in association with Impact Press, 1999. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Books by Artists” shown at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Bodman, Sarah. Artists’ Books Creative Production and Marketing. Bristol, UK: Impact Press, 2007. Also from Impact Press: Blue Notebook, The Artist Book Yearbook, and the The Book Arts Newsletter.
Bright, Betty. No Longer Innocent: Book Art In America 1960-1980. New York: Granary Books, 2005. A history of this important period in book art. Like Drucker (below), Bright categorizes book art, places it within the movements of the period and profiles its individual and institutional supporters.
Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style.
Brodsky, Judith K., and Edward H. Hutchins, eds. Beyond the Fold: Artist’s Books, Traditional to Cutting Edge. South Orange, NJ: Gallery of South Orange, 1999. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Beyond the Fold: Artist’s Books, Traditional to Cutting Edge” shown at the Gallery of South Orange.
Bury, Stephen. Artists’ Books: The Book As a Work of Art, 1963-1995. Brookfield, VT: Scolar Press, 1995.
Carrión, Ulises. Quant aux livres/ On Books. Translated by Thierry Dubois. Geneva, Switzerland: Héros-Limite, 1997.
Castleman, Riva. A Century of Artists Books . New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1994. A catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The selection tends toward the livre d’artiste but does address the impact of the digital shift on artists’ books.
Cave, Roderick. The Private Press. New York: Bowker, 1983.
Celant, Germano. Book as Artwork 1960–1972. Brooklyn, NY: 6 Decades Books, 2011.
Chapon, François. Le Peintre et le Livre: l’Age d’Or du Livre Illustré en France 1870–1970. Paris: Flammarion, 1987. NAL pressmark: 507.C.172
Clay, Steve and Jerome Rothenberg, eds. When Will The Book Be Done? New York: Granary Books, in association with Distributed Art Publishers, 2001.
Cody, David. “Morris and the Kelmscott Press.” The Victorian Web.
Compton, Susan. The World Backwards: Russian Futurist Books 1912–16. London: British Museum Publications, 1978.
Compton, Susan. Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917–34. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1993.
Courtney, Cathy. Speaking of Book Art: Interviews with British and American Book Artists. Los Altos Hills: Anderson-Lovelace, 1999.
Cyr, Gabe. New Directions in Altered Books. A book of projects and techniques by a book artist.
Danto, Arthur Coleman. Unnatural Wonders: Essays From the Gap Between Art and Life. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2005.
De Vinne, Theodore Low. The practice of typography: . . . plain printing types. 2nd edn. New York: The Century Co., 1902.
Desjardin, Arnaud. The Book on Books on Artists Books. London: The Everyday Press, 2013.
Drucker, Johanna. The Century of Artists’ Books. Second, revised edition. New York, NY: Granary Books, 2004. One of the first full-length studies available of artists’ books.
Fendrick, Daniel, ed. The Book As Art. Washington, DC: Fendrick Gallery, 1976. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “The Book As Art” shown at the Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC.
Franklin, Colin. Printing and the Mind of Morris. Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1986.
Freeman, Brad, ed. Offset: Artists’ Books and Prints. New York: Interplanetary Productions, in association with Granary Books, 1993. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Offset: Artists’ Books and Prints” shown at Granary Books, New York, The Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, and Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD.
Goldstein, Ann, and Anne Rorimer, eds. Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, in association with MIT Press, 1995. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975” shown at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Goodson, Laurie. #5168 Altered Book – Special Effects (Design Originals). One of a series of booklets on book-alteration techniques. Other authors include Beth Cote and Cindy Pestka.
Greenfield, Jane. ABC of Bookbinding. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, in association with The Lyons Press, 1998.
Guest, Tim, ed. Books by Artists. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1982.
Gurianova, Nina. The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910–34. New York: MoMA, 2002.
Hampton, Michael. Unshelfmarked: Reconceiving the Artists’ Book. Axminster, Devon: Uniformbooks, 2015). Fifty explicated examples of book art underpinning the author’s centerpiece essay “Exposé” challenging some of the orthodoxies and pigeon-holing of artist/artist’s/artists’ books, book art, bookwork and livres d’artiste. Includes an extensive
Harrison, Holly. Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking. A showcase of book art with an emphasis on multi-artist collaborations.
Hart, James. Fine Printing: The San Francisco Tradition . Washington: Library of Congress, 1985.
Harthan, John. The History of the Illustrated Book. London: Thames and Hudson, 1981.
Hersh, Jacob. “Goudy– In All His Glory.” Pointless Art.
Hillier, Jack. The Art of the Japanese Book. London: Sotheby’s Publications, 1987.
Hoffberg, Judith, and Joan Hugo, eds. Artwords and Bookworks. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), 1978. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artwords and bookworks” shown at LAICA.
Hricik, David. Roycroft.com: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft Shops. Accessed 19 May 2018.
Hubert, Judd D., and Renee Riese Hubert. The Cutting Edge Of Reading: Artists’ Books. New York: Granary Books, 1999. See web annotation here.
Hubert, Renée Riese and Judd Hubert. Surrealism and the Book. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.
Jacobs, Michael. Books Unbound – A book of projects by a book artist.
Johnson, Robert Flynn. Artists Books in the Modern Era 1870–2000: the Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books. London: Thames & Hudson, 2002. NAL pressmark: AB.2001.0002
Keyes, Roger. Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan. New York: New York Public Library, 2006.
Klima, Stefan. Artists Books: A Critical Survey Of The Literature. New York: Granary Books, 1998. A monograph summarizing the debates over the artists’ book.
Krause, Dorothy Simpson. Book + Art: Handcrafting Artists’ Books. A book of projects by a book artist; covers mixed-media techniques as well as bookbinding.
LaFerla, Jane (ed.); Alice Gunter (Editor); Lark Books Staff. The Penland Book of Handmade Books – Tutorials, inspiration and reflective essays by book artists.
Lauf, Cornelia, and Clive Phillpot, eds. Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, in association with The American Federation of Arts, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books” shown at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, The Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY, The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA, and University Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
Lindsay, Martin S. Will H. Bradley: A Chronology. Website: WillBradley.com. Accessed 19 May 2018.
Linotype.com. “Font Designer – Frederic W. Goudy.” Accessed 19 May 2018.
Lyons, Joan, ed. Artists’ Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook. Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Press, 1991.
Melby, Julie, ed. Splendid Pages. New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2003.
Miller, Steve. 500 Handmade Books – A highly illustrated, wide-ranging coffee table book.
Milman, Estera, ed. Art Networks and Information Systems at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 13-14, 1989. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1990.
Moeglin-Delcroix, Anne, and Giorgio Maffei, eds. Looking, Telling, Thinking, Collecting: Four Directions of the Artists’ Book, from the Sixties to the Present. Mantua, Italy: Casa del Mantegna, in association with Corraini Press, 2004. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Guardare, raccontare, pensare, conservare: quattro percorsi del libro d’artista dagli anni ’60 ad oggi” shown at the Casa del Mantegna, Mantua.
Morris, William. “The Ideal Book”, delivered 19 June 1893 at the Bibliographical Society, London. Accessed 20 May 2018. Marxist Internet Archive.
Munroe, Alexandra, ed. YES YOKO ONO. New York: Japan Society Gallery, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “YES YOKO ONO” shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houtson, MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Japan Society Gallery, New York.
Ono, Yoko. Instruction Paintings. New York: Weatherhill, 1995.
Perloff, Marjorie. “Cubist Collaboration/Abstract Assemlage: The Avant-Garde Artist’s Book.”
Perrée, Rob, ed. Cover To Cover: The Artist’s Book in Perspective. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2002. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Cover to Cover, Artists’ Books from The Becht Collection” shown at De Beyerd Breda.
Peterson, William S. The Kelmscott Press. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991.
Phillpot, Clive. Booktrek. Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2013.
Pokorny-Nagel, Kathrin. Artists’ Books on Tour – Catalog of a traveling exhibition organized and sponsored by MAK (Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna), MGLC (Llubljana’s International Centre of Graphic Arts) and UPM (Museum of Decorative Arts) in 2011.
Randle, John. “Morris and Cobden-Sanderson.” The Journal of the William Morris Society III, no. 1 (Spring 1974): 22–26.
Richman, Gary, ed. Offset: A Survey of Artists Books. Cambridge: New England Foundation for the Arts, 1984. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Offset: A Survey of Artists’ Books” shown at the Hera Art Foundation.
Rolo, Jane and Ian Hunt, eds. Book Works: A Partial History and Sourcebook. London: Book Works, 1996.
Roth, Dieter. Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective, 12 March – & June 2004. MoMa online exhibit. Accessed 19 May 2018.
“The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 1910–1934.” MoMa online exhibit.
Salamony, Sandra, Donna and Peter Thomas. 1,000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art – External and internal views of works, descriptions at the end of the book.
Schraenen, Guy, ed. Ulises Carrión: We Have Won! Haven’t We? Amsterdam: Museum Fodor, 1992. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “We Have Won, Haven’t We?” shown at Museum Fodor, Amsterdam, and Neues Museum Weserberg, Bremen.
Schwartzburg, Mary Alden. “Reading In Four Dimensions : The Poetics of the Contemporary Experimental Book.” PhD diss., Stanford University, 2004.
Smith, Keith. Structure of the Visual Book. Rochester, NY: Keith Smith BOOKS, 2003.
Smith, Keith. Text in the Book Format. Fairport, NY: The Sigma Foundation, Inc., 1991.
Spector, Buzz. The Book Maker’s Desire. Pasadena: Umbrella Editions, 1995.
Stewart, Garrett. Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Strachan, William. The Artist and the Book in France. New York: George Wittenborn, 1968.
Tashjian, Dickran and Leppanen-Guerra Analisa (editors). Joseph Cornell’s Manual of Marvels: How Joseph Cornell reinvented a French agricultural manual to create an American masterpiece – A part-facsimile, part-DVD, part-boxed-presentation that gives some idea of the artwork by Joseph Cornell held in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The artwork is Cornell’s alteration of the Journal d’Agriculture Practique (Volume 21, 1911), a handbook of advice for farmers.
Taylor, John Russell. The Art Nouveau Book in Britain. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1966.
Thompson, Jason. Playing with Books: The Art of Upcycling, Deconstructing, and Reimagining the Book Techniques-driven; covers bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques.
Thompson, Susan. American Book Design and William Morris. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1977.
University of Alabama,University Libraries, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. Publisher’ Bindings Online, 1815–1930: The Art of Books. Accessed 19 May 2018. A digital collection of decorative bindings, along with a comprehensive glossary and guide to the elements of these objects, created by The University of Alabama, University Libraries, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
Vanderlip, Dianne Perry, ed. Artists’ Books. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, in association with Falcon Press, 1973. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artists’ Books” shown at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, and University Art Museum, Berkeley.
Wakeman, Geoffrey. Victorian Book Illustration: The Technical Revolution. Detroit: Gale Research, 1973.
Wallace, Eileen. Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists. Illustrated selection of work from 43 master book artists with brief comments from the artists about their work, careers, and philosophies.
Wasserman, Krystyna, ed. The Book as Art: Artist’s Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books From NMWA” shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. An illustrated volume covering over 100 artists books held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
White, Maria, Patrick Perratt, and Liz Lawes, eds. Artists’ Books: A Cataloguer’s Manual. London: ARLIS/ UK & Ireland, in association with the Cataloguing and Classification Committee, 2006.
Woo, Constance, ed. Made in Bookland. Brooklyn, NY: Long Island University Library, 2000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Working in Brooklyn: Artists Books” shown at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and Long Island University, Brooklyn.
Youngs, Claire. Book Art: Creative Ideas to Transform Your Books, Decorations, Stationary, Display Scenes and More. A crafts book of 35 projects.
Book Art: Articles, Blogs, Essays and Lectures
Altshuler, Bruce. “Instructions for a World of Stickiness: The Early Conceptual Work of Yoko Ono.” In YES YOKO ONO, edited by Alexandra Munroe, 65-71. New York: Japan Society, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “YES YOKO ONO” shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houtson, MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Japan Society Gallery, New York.
———, and Midori Yoshimoto. “Grapefruit, 1964.” In YES YOKO ONO, edited by Alexandra Munroe, 82-83. New York: Japan Society, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2000. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “YES YOKO ONO” shown at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houtson, MIT-List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Japan Society Gallery, New York.
Baranik, Rudolph, comp. “Is the Alternative Space a True Alternative?” Studio International 195, 990 (1980): 69-74.
Beidler, Anne. “Artists’ Statement.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 15 (Spring 2001): 24.
Beube, Douglas. “JAB: An Identity Crisis.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 3 (Spring 1995): 30.
Carrión, Ulises. “The New Art of Making Books.” In Quant Aux Livres/ On Books, edited by Guy Schraenen, 128-149. Geneva: Heros-Limite, 1997.
Chris, Cynthia. “Is the Personal Political?” In Printed Matter Catalog, 22-23. New York: Printed Matter, 1986.
Danto, Arthur Coleman. “Yoko Ono.” In Unnatural Wonders: Essays From the Gap Between Art and Life, 69-76. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2005.
Drucker, Johanna. “Experimental Narrative and Artists’ Books.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 12 (Fall 1999): 3-25.
———. “Intimate Authority: Women, Books, and the Pubic-Private Paradox.” In The Book as Art, edited by Krystyna Wasserman, 14-17. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “The Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books From NMWA” shown at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
———. “The Artists’ Book as a Democratic Multiple.” In The Century of Artists’ Books, 69-91. New York, NY: Granary Books, 2004.
———. “The Artists’ Book as Idea and Form.” In The Century of Artists’Books, 1-19. New York, NY: Granary Books, 2004.
———. “The Artists’ Book as Rare and/or Auratic Object.” In The Century of Artists’Books, 93-120. New York, NY: Granary Books, 2004.
———. “The Poetic Spaces of the Book.” Keynote presented at Metaphor Taking Shape conference at Yale University, New Haven, CT, March 14th, 2008.
———. “The Public Life of Artists’ Books: Questions of Identity.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 2 (Fall 1994): 1-2, 4, 6, 10-11.
Drucker, Johanna, and Brad Freeman. “Artist’s Statement.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 15 (Spring 2001): 26-27.
Freeman, Brad. “Artists’ Books/ Book-like Objects.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 1 (Spring 1994): 1-2, 4, 6 8.
———. “Introduction.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 15 (Spring 2001): 2-3.
Hershman, Lynn Lester. “Slices of Silence, Parcels of Time: The Book as a Portable Sculpture.” In Artists’ Books, edited by Dianne Perry Vanderlip, 8-14. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, in association with Falcon Press, 1973. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artists’ Books” shown at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, and University Art Museum, Berkeley.
Hobson, Charles. “Artist’s Statement.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 15 (Spring 2001): 20.
Hubert, Renée Riese, and Judd David Hubert, eds. “Introduction: The Protean Artist Book.” In The Cutting Edge of Reading, 7-14. New York: Granary Press, 1999.
Hugenin, James, ed. “Introduction.” Dumb Ox issue 4 (Spring 1977): 3.
Hugo, Joan. “Museum Without Walls.” In Artwords and Bookworks, edited by Hugo and Judith Hoffberg, 2-4. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (LAICA), 1978. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artwords and Bookworks” shown at LAICA.
Huntley, Joan S., and Michael Partridge. “Fluxbase: A Virtual Exhibition.” Paper presented at Art Networks & Information Systems, University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 13-14, 1989. Reprinted by Estera Milman, ed. in Art Networks and Information Systems at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 13-14, 1989. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa, 1990.
Lacy, Suzanne. “The Name of the Game.” Art Journal vol. 50 (Summer 1991): 64-8.
———. “Saving the World: A Dialogue Between Suzanne Lacy and Rachel Rosenthal.” Artweek vol. 22, no. 29 (September 12, 1991):10-14.
Lauf, Cornelia. “Cracked Spines and Slipped Disks.” In Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books, edited by Clive Phillpot and Cornelia Lauf, 66-79. New York: Distributed Art Publishers in association with the American Federation of Arts, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books” shown at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, The Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY, The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA, and University Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
Linker, Kate. “The Artist’s Book as Alternative Space.” Studio International vol. 195, no. 990 (1980): 75-79.
Lippard, Lucy R. “Give and Take: Ideology in the Art of Suzanne Lacy and Jerry Kearns.” In Art and Ideology, edited by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Donald Kuspit, Lucy Lippard, et al. New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1984. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Art and Ideology” shown at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York.
———. “The Artist’s Book Goes Public.” Art in America 65, no. 1 (January-February 1977): 40-41.
———. “Conspicuous Consumption: New Artists’ Books.” In Artists’ Books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook, 3rd edition, edited by Joan Lyons, 49-57. Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Press, 1991.
———. “Escape Attempts.” In Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975, edited by Ann Goldstein and Anne Rorimer, 296-307. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, in association with The MIT Press, 1995. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Reconsidering the Object of Art: 1965-1975” shown at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
———. “Lacy: Some of Her own Medicine.” TDR vol. 32 no. 1 (Spring 1988): 71-76.
Lorenz, Angela. “Archives: Soap Story.” http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/archive (accessed March 12, 2008).
———. “Artist’s Books – For Lack of a Better Name,” 2002, http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/whatis.htm (accessed March 12, 2008).
MacPhail, Miranda. “Many Buttons For A Single Buttonhole: Reflections on Angela Lorenz’s Work,” http://www.angelalorenzartistsbooks.com/macphail.htm (accessed March 14, 2008).
Meador, Clifton. “Artist’s Statement.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 12 (Fall 1999): 15.
———. “Small Pond.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 21 (Fall 2007): 35-39.
Moeglin-Delcroix, Anne. “A Mass Produced Product of High Order.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 4: 18-20.
———. “1962 and After: Another Idea About Art.” In Looking, Telling, Thinking, Collecting: Four Directions of the Artists’ Book, from the Sixties to the Present, edited by Moeglin-Delcroix and Giorgio Maffei, 27-36. Mantua, Italy: Casa del Mantegna, in association with Corraini Press, 2004. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Guardare, raccontare, pensare, conservare: quattro percorsi del libro d’artista dagli anni ’60 ad oggi” shown at the Casa del Mantegna, Mantua.
National Museum of Women in the Arts. “Press Release Archive – The Book As Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books From NMWA,” http://www.nmwa.org/news/news.asp?newsid=251 (accessed March 2nd, 2008).
O’Donnell, Sue. “Conversations with Miranda Maher.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 14 (Fall 2000): 12-15.
Ono, Yoko. “To the Wesleyan People.” Reprinted in Grapefruit. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000: n.p.
———. “Paintings to be Constructed in Your Head.” In Instruction Paintings, 2-6. New York: Weatherhill, 1995.
Parraman, Carinna. “If It Hasn’t Got A Spine—Is It A Book?” In Books by Artists, edited by Sarah Bodman, 19-22. Bristol: University of the West of England in association with Impact Press, 1999. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Books by Artists” shown at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Perreault, John. “Some Thoughts on Books as Art.” In Artists’ Books, edited by Dianne Perry Vanderlip, 15-21. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, in association with Falcon Press, 1973. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artists’ Books” shown at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, and University Art Museum, Berkeley.
Perrée, Rob. “Controversial: The Unique Artists’ Book.” In Cover to Cover: the Artists’ Book in Perspective, 98-134. Rotterdam: NAi Publishers, 2002.
Phillips, Deborah C. “Definitely Not Suitable for Framing.” ArtNews vol. 80 no. 10 (December 1981): 62-67.
Phillpot, Clive. “Books Bookworks Book Objects Artists’ Books.” Artforum 20, no. 9 (May 1982): 77-79.
———. “Books by Artists and Books as Art.” In Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books, edited by Clive Phillpot and Cornelia Lauf, 30-55. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, in association with the American Federation of Arts, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books” shown at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, The Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY, The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA, and University Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
Preacher’s Biscuit Books. “God Bless This Circuitry.” http://www.preachersbiscuitbooks.com (accessed March 2, 2008).
Printed Matter, Inc. “About Printed Matter,” http://printedmatter.org/about/index.cfm (accessed on February 13th, 2008).
———. “More About Printed Matter” and “Distribution of Artists’ Books,” http://printedmatter.org/about/more.cfm (accessed on February 13th, 2008).
Rathermel, Jeff. “Situations: What Makes A Book A Book.” Minnesota Center For Book Arts, http://www.mnbookarts.org/events/situations.html (accessed January 12, 2008).
Reese, Harry. Art 112: Artists’ Books, Everything in the World, A Book Arts Reader, http://www.arts.ucsb.edu/faculty/reese/artists_books2.php (essays by Carrion, Higgins, Kostelanetz)
Ruthfuss, Joan. “Somewhere for the Dust to Cling: Yoko Ono’s Paintings and Early Objects.” In YES YOKO ONO, edited by Alexandra Munroe, 93-99. New York: Japan Society, in association with Harry N. Abrams, 2000.
Shauf, Michele. “Artist’s Statement.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 15 (Spring 2001): 11.
Shaw, Tate. “God Bless This Circuitry.” Afterimage vol. 35 no. 3 (November/ December 2007): 22-3.
Sifford, Harlan L. “Artist Book Collecting and Other Myths of Art Librarianship.” Art Documentation: Bulletin of the Art Libraries Society of North America vol. 1 no. 6 (December 1982): 174-175.
Spector, Buzz. “The Fetishism of the Book Object.” In The Book Maker’s Desire, 15-21. Pasadena, CA: Umbrella Editions, 1995.
Stokes, Telfer. “Artists’ Statement: The Why & How I Make Books.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 3 (Spring 1995): 8-13.
Stuart, Michelle. “Is the Alternative Space a True Alternative?” Compiled by Rudolf Baranik, Studio International 195 no. 990 (1980): 73.
Tietz, Ward. “Viewing and Reading Artists Books.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 21 (Fall 2007): 17-26.
Vanderlip, Dianne Perry, ed. Foreword to Artists’ Books. Philadelphia: Moore College of Art, in association with Falcon Press, 1973. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artists’ Books” shown at Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, and University Art Museum, Berkeley.
Vogler, Thomas A. “When Is a Book Not a Book.” In A Book of the Book, edited by Jerome Rothenberg and Steve Clay, 448-461. New York: Granary Press, 2000.
Victoria and Albert Museum. “Artists’ Books: Interviews With Book Artists – Angela Lorenz.” http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/artists_books/book_artists/lorenz/index.html (accessed March 14, 2008).
Wallis, Brian. “The Artists’ Books and Postmodernism.” In Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books, edited by Clive Phillpot and Cornelia Lauf, 92-101. New York: Distributed Art Publishers, in association with the American Federation of Arts, 1998. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists’ Books” shown at the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, The Emerson Gallery, Clinton, NY, The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL, Western Gallery, Bellingham, WA, and University Art Gallery, Amherst, MA.
Willis, Peter. “Books On Books: The past and future of artist self-publishing: An exploration of the literature on artists’ self-publishing“, ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art), 13 September 2016. Accessed 3 February 2020.
Wirth, Karen. “In the Space of Blurred Boundaries.” The Journal of Artists’ Books 13 (Spring 2000): 12-13.
———. “Book as Installation/ Installation as Book.” Lecture presented at the Book Arts Roundtable, Minnesota Center For Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, January 29, 2008.
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