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Alternative Traditions In The Contemporary Arts: Subjugated Knowledges And The Balance Of Power, Estera Milman, Ken Friedman, Stephen Perkins, Owen Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Alternative Traditions In The Contemporary Arts: Subjugated Knowledges And The Balance Of Power, Estera Milman, Ken Friedman, Stephen Perkins, Owen Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

"This publication marks the twentieth anniversary of The University of Iowa's Alternative Traditions in the Contemporary Arts (ATCA) project ..."--title page verso. Metal spiral binding. Author is RISD Alumna. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, 2021.


Frontage Road, Ric Collier Jan 1999

Frontage Road, Ric Collier

Exhibit Catalogues

Frontage Road is a profound collaborative exhibition initiated by a simple conversation with Anne Ewers, General Director of the Utah Opera.


Japan: The World Of My Dreams, Nicholas Felton, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1999

Japan: The World Of My Dreams, Nicholas Felton, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.


Handmade Paper, Elizabeth E. Eddins, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker Jan 1999

Handmade Paper, Elizabeth E. Eddins, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Papermaking.


Depression-Era Printmakers Of Utah, Will South Jan 1999

Depression-Era Printmakers Of Utah, Will South

Exhibit Catalogues

Documentation of significant prints made during the Depression-Era in Utah. It presents, for the first time, through the print mediem, the visual veiwpoints of eighteen Utah artists during this agonizing and debilitating era. Essay by Dr. Will South


Behind The Lines: Drawings And Objects, Michael David Hall Jan 1999

Behind The Lines: Drawings And Objects, Michael David Hall

Exhibit Catalogues

Behind the Lines is an apt description for the Salt Lake Art Center's exhibition of Hall's drawings and sculptures.


Accounts, Maureen Cummins, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Accounts, Maureen Cummins, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 book, 39 pages. "..printed by Maureen Cummins in the summer of 1999 at Oregon College of Art and Craft. The found ledger pages are financial accounts kept by the cotton-trading company of C.A. Burgess, and span the years 1862 to 1868. The text is excerpted from the WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives.."--Colophon. The book was printed in an edition of ten copies, bound into boards covered with indigo papers handmade by Dieu Donne. The type is Gill Sans Bold, handcast by Michael Bixler. You hold copy number 3"--Colophon.


After Reasonable Research, Miranda Maher, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

After Reasonable Research, Miranda Maher, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet. Edition of 150."Years with no acts of 'open and declared hostile conflict' are indicated with a perpendicular line. Perhaps they were periods of peace"--cover. Issued in cardboard sleeve with velco fasteners. Accordion folded, printed on cream colored paper with a fleur-des-lis pattern.


Six By Six By Six, Richard Tipping, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Six By Six By Six, Richard Tipping, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[6] pages. "Richard Tipping, wordworks ; Dikko Faust, hand typography ; Esther K. Smith, art direction"--Colophon. "6 by 6 inch edition of 6 x 6 x 6 = 216, on all rag museum board"--Colophon. Signed by each of the authors and numbered. Accordion binding. Library has copy no. 215.


The Heart Of Home, Home Of The Heart, Julie Chen, Risd Students, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

The Heart Of Home, Home Of The Heart, Julie Chen, Risd Students, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations. Title from binder cover. Front and back covers of the text have varying titles. A two-sided tunnel book, incorporating collage, color photocopy, rubber stamp, letterpress and found objects. This book was produced as part of a Visiting Designers class offered by the Graphic Design Dept., fall 1999. Julie Chen was the visiting instrutor. Molly Schoenhoff was the teacher's assistant. Participating students: Laila Ahmadinejad, Alex Ching, Kathleen de Carvalho, Maria O'Callahan, Erica Saladino, Samantha Troy, Shani Tow, Teresa Hendrosobono, Yuka Petz, Anna Snyder, Queenie Wong, Liza Andersson, Lisa Winter, Mariana Keyes, Emily Muldoon. Edition of …


Life Signs, Bonnie Mclesky, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Life Signs, Bonnie Mclesky, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[14] pages : color illustrations. "...made by The Blue Press and Bindery of Berkeley, CA. Cutouts, text, binding and letterpress work by Bonnie McLeskey. Printed on Canford Cover in Gill Sans; at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Flag structure by Hedi Kyle. First made 2/98. Reworked 6/99. No. 1 of 6."--Colophon. In binder with author note laid in ([1] page) "Life Signs began as a project for my bookbinding class with Julie Chen at Mills College in February 1998."--Note laid in binder. Accordion fold binding. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition By Hand: Women & Books Exhibit fall, …


The Nuclear Fan, Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

The Nuclear Fan, Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

10 leaves : chiefly color ill.. Paper fan in paper sleeve. Sleeve has a red tassle looped and tied from the base. Title from sleeve.


Soap Story : An Artist's Book, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Soap Story : An Artist's Book, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 picture album in case + 6 bars of soap. Title from case. Edition of 200 copies. Typeface for silkscreen and lithograph in Stone Sans and Stone Serif. Cover embossing and lithograph printing by Stamperia Valdonega of Verona. Linen from Gori Tessuti of Prato, soap from Saponificio A. Gori of Arezzo. Both case and soap are wrapped and tied as indicated in the summary note. "This artists's book tells the story of a young woman in Calabria, Italy during the 1950's, whose real life reads like a fairy tale, or a soap opera, in six installments. In order to give …


Muse Measures, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Muse Measures, Ruth Laxson, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Ruth Laxson Artist Book Archive

[53] pages : ill. Limited edition of 150 copies. Cover title. Letterpress artist's book created by Ruth Laxson. Binding is Japanese side-sewn style. "Printed on Birch Royal Fiber, UV Ultra II and Warren Patina, using typography, type-high engraving and offset. The type is mainly Caslon and Franklin Gothic. It was hand set and composed on the press bed."--Colophon. Typographical illustrations are combinations of letters, lines, symbols, and drawings. White paint applied to two images. Library has copy no. 60 signed by the artist.


Diary Of A Sparrow, Kazuko Watanabe, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

Diary Of A Sparrow, Kazuko Watanabe, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion variation with sections that pull out to create "rooms"; cover; interior pages. Diaries of the artist's grandfather are translated and reproduced as chapters. These chapters, illustrated with abstract imagery, combine with an unfolding structure to create 3 rooms and a sense of place.


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 …


The Killing Machine, Kosovo 1999, Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1999

The Killing Machine, Kosovo 1999, Louise Odes Neaderland, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

4 pages : all ill. Title from cover. Photocopies mounted on a leaf of folded red paper.