Contemporary Tendencies 1970-2000
The last thirty years have seen continuous energy in the production of artists’ books in the United States. The period also witnessed the re-emergence of a new generation of European artists, writers and publishers devoted to originality in artists’ books that have maintained a creative parity with American publications. In fact there has been a tremendous cross-fertilisation with American and European artists and writers collaborating on projects. Examples within this exhibition include Jasper Johns and Robert Ryman with Samuel Beckett, Robert Motherwell with Rafael Alberti, Robert Rauschenberg with Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Howard Hodgkin with Susan Sontag. Despite the advances and popularity of the computer, the artists’ book as a seemingly traditional, tactile, time/space experience joining image and text together on paper or other surfaces continues to be a viable art form. It has never been more popular among creative artists. Rather than fearing and avoiding technology, the future makers of artists’ books show promise in utilising new applications in unimaginable ways.
Untitled, between pgs. 11 and 12, in the book Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror
Lithograph (color) on round hand-made paper made by Twinrocker Mill.
Untitled, between pgs. 19 and 20, in the book Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror
Lithograph on round hand-made paper made by Twinrocker Mill.
Untitled, between pgs. 23 and 24, in the book Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror
Soft-ground etching with aquatint tone (color) on round hand-made paper made by Twinrocker Mill.
Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror by John Ashbery
Portfolio containing 8 illustrations total: 5 lithographs (3 with color), 1 woodcut, 2 etchings on round hand-made paper made by Twinrocker Mill.
Untitled, between pg. 27 and the colophon page, in the book Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror
Photogravure based upon an etching, with hand coloring on round hand- made paper made by Twinrocker Mill.
