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Artist book (citation)

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 843 Collections and/or Records:

Science Imagined: An Exhibition of the Book as Art / Apianus P ; Black L ; Burch K ; Bytheriver M ; Chen J ; Colby S ; Cutler-Shaw J ; Deschamps F ; Golden A ; Hobson C ; Leavitt N ; McGurk R ; Ng K ; Thomas D ; Thomas P ; Walkup K ; Yule D ; Connors M ; Honn T ; O'Banion N ; Rapoport S ; Waanders H., 1996

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Identifier: CC-41380-43363
Scope and Contents In her introductory essay, "Experiments in Print: A Brief History," Robin E. Rider describes Peter Apianus' great work "La cosmographie de Pedro Apiano" and the construction of the volvelles. The Sackner Archive holds a facsimile edition of this work. The book artists selected for this exhibition were influenced and stimlated with contemporary or historical scientific works and theories. The following is an abridged reproduction of Rider's essay. The first century after Gutenberg witnessed dramatic changes in the book, as well as the opening of the period known as the Scientific Revolution. But more than that, the early printed book of science, like many an artist's book since, helped to push the envelope-that is, it made special demands on the new technologies of printing, and prompted significant attempts to break the bounds of the printed page in order to encompass scientific information and images. To meet the needs of authors and readers, flat, static pages, mainly...
Dates: 1996

Selected concepts, actions and rubber stamp projects in form of artists' books and other publications 1970-1984, 2003

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Identifier: CC-42750-44789
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The book and the compact discs serve as a database for Perneczky's works. In a work entitled "Very Alternative Art, 1981," Perneczky stamped the word "shit" in eight different languages on toilet tissues. This kind of activity was later used for the more contemporary assembling magazine "Wipe," that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Shanghai Blues, 2006

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Identifier: CC-54508-989974
Scope and Contents

Some of the images in the artist books depicted in this catalogue have a similar style to the artist book "Snakes, Mongooses" by Montessori held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Six fois Aude / Spacagna, Jacques ; Jessemin A., 2010

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Identifier: CC-57377-10000695
Scope and Contents

This book is a reprinting of a book first written in 1964. Aude refers to Aude Jessemin, Spacagna's first wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010