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1999

Artists' books; specimens; altered book; politics; Stacked & Altered exhibition

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Everyday Problems Of American Democracy, John Thomas Greenan, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Everyday Problems Of American Democracy, John Thomas Greenan, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 book object. Altered book by an anonymous RISD Illustration Studies student. Unique book. The cover of the book, "Everyday problems of American Democracy" was used to create an artists' book with a new text block. The new text is primarily a repeating sentence reading, "It's gotten so, everyone thinks they're someone" The book has a hand-stamped spine label and a date due slip, with dates stamped from October 26, 1971 to March 22, 1997. Original book was published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1940. This book was created by a RISD Illustration Studies student and placed in the library …