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Vision Shifts, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion, pop-up panels with cut-out windows, pocket inside back cover with 6 illustrated cards; pg 3-4; "between thought and its expression ..."; pg 7-8; "from familiar ground ...". copy 51 of 500, signed by the artist

Hybrid Cartographies: Seoul's Consuming Spaces, Jeannie Meejin Yoon, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded sheet. "Text/ photographs/ concept/ design, Jeannie Meejin Yoon" Accordion fold, printed both sides of single sheet. Artists' statement: like my experience of the city, this detour/map is not linear. it has been laid out on the front and back of a 60 cm x 60 cm flat surface. A 12 cm by 12 cm module was inscribed to create a 25 square grid on both sides. the surface was in turn cut along the module line, beginning on the bottom right hand corner and spiralling inward the center module. the manipulate surface was then folded in on itself …

Far Horizons, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

maze book, folded and enclosed in a printed wrapper; cover; interior; interior, folded out. An accordion variation made by folding a piece of paper printed on one side into 12ths and cutting it so that the resulting accordion flow turns in multiple directions. Once unfolded, the resulting poster resembles a tradional quilt pattern called "Far Horizons".

One Night, John Risseeuw, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

instant book, pamphlet stitch cover; cover; interior spreads. Sounds are experienced through nonsensical words, using type size and color to convey intensity.

Distinctly Blurred: Words Of Women Bookmakers, Jenny Sapora, Ture Bug Press, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[32] pages : illus. . Quotations from women bookmakers with annotations by J. Sapora. "Caslon 471 and Della Robia handset; author's illustrations and handwritings reproduced from a combination of woodcuts and photopolymer plates; text paper handmade by the author .. from rag and recycled poetry, then handstitched into Mohawk and Fabriano covers; 120 copies printed by J. Sapora"--Colophon. Library has copy no. 24 signed and numbered by the author.

Wen, Kristin Cullen, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

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

Woodward Rd, Cheryl Hanba, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

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

The Flower Book, Stacey Dietz, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Nature

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

A Radical Vision, Molly Schoenhoff, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

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

Visionaire 24: Light Tom Ford For Gucci, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Christopher Bucklow

Visionaire

29 unnumbered leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 13 x 33 cm + 1 case (14 x 38 x 6 cm), Collaborated by Tom Ford and Gucci; related to the theme light; consisting of 24 translucent sheets with photographic reproductions of various artists' work, plus instruction sheet, batteries and lighter panel for viewing the images. Twenty-four transparencies to be viewed in a black lucite light-box case. Also one transparent title leaf and four non-transparent leaves (half title, directions, credits, limited edition statement), all 13 x 33 cm. Housed in custom-built slipcase (black lucite slipcase with inner hard foam case containing …

Visionaire 26: Fantasy, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Greg Foley, Nick Knight

Visionaire

1 box (36 unnumbered cards) : chiefly color illustrations ; 33 x 4 cm + Mask., Thirty-six (36) circular cards, printed on both sides, and 1 fabric mask, housed in a round box, 33 cm in diameter and 4 cm high. Mask designed by Hermés. "Fantasy is the subtext of every issue of Visionaire, but with this issue we pushed the boundaries to the fantastical. A round box houses round, unbound artwork. Each of the cover elements--photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin--was produced exclusively for 'Fantasy': The dress was designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga, Viktor & Rolf …

Book Of Hours #51 Turkish Suite (As Theodora), Sherrill Edwards Hunnibel, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 book object : color illustration. Altered book, mounted in acrylic case. The pages are sealed together to form a base for construction. Mixed media, collage, and assemblage techniques. Book cover is mounted to the acrylic backing with one rivet in each corner. Title information from back of case. Signed and dated on back. RISD Alumna, gift of the artist. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

Crazy Quilt, Maureen Cummins, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[15] pages : all color illustrations . Each page includes a quote from a woman who has spent time as a patient in an insane asylum. Printed in an edition of 100 using silkscreen and letterpress printing. The book was created in the autumn of 1998 at Women's Studio Workshop. Numbered and signed by the artist. Issued in a black cloth tri-fold portfolio, each fold has five pages. Issued in illustrated black cloth slip-case. Library has copy number 12. Edythe Woolf Polsby Salzberger Book Fund.

70 X 7 : Yes, That Is Four Hundred Ninety : A Journey In Forgiveness, Eve Faulkes, Womens Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[30] pages : illus. (some color). Added Title: Seventy times seven Cover title. Some of the text is printed on strips of paper and inserted in the book. Digital printing and letterpress. Binding: Sewn signature. Structure: Codex. Library has copy no. 25 of 90. Signed by the author.

Access All Areas : Http://Access.Allareas.Org, Fellows Of Contemporary Art, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Glenn Kaino, Betty Lee, Edward Leffingwell, Joseph Santarromana, Erika Suderburg, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

4 volumes in 1 case : illustrations (some color). "June 6-July 26, 1998, Japanese American Cultural and Community Center" Issued in a vinyl case (27 cm) [1] Access all areas -- [2] Excerpts / Glenn Kaino -- [3] Re.Visions / Betty Lee -- [4] Three ambient gardens / Edward Leffingwell, Joseph Santarromana, Erika Suderburg. Gift of the Center.

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Shared Memories, Lori Spencer, Wendy Spencer, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[20] pages : illus. (some color) . ".. printed in 1998 by Lori Spencer.."--Colophon. In binder with printed title on spine. Printing method: Silkscreen, letterpress. Binding: Long stitch in soft cover. Library has copy 6 of an edition of 90 signed & numbered copies.

Octopus, Elizabeth Mcdevitt, Julie Chen, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume. Title from case. Accordion style binding to produce a three-dimensional effect. In case. Letterpress printed from photopolymer plates; collographic prints. Edition of 100 copies.

Seasonal Turns: Four Accordion Books, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

4 accordion fold books, enclosed in a plastic box; cover; four small books; three accordion books; two interior spreads . The four seasons are depicted through images of nature and human interactions with it.

Smoke In My Dreams, Mark Wagner, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound in hard cover with exposed spine and paper covered boards; cover; interior spreads and pages. Using images of tobacco processing machines, wafting smoke, ephemera such as maps, hospital parking lot tickets and all the paper found in a pack of Camel cigarettes, the artist conveys his longing to be able to smoke in his dreams, a far safer option than smoking

The Anxiety Alphabet, Emily Martin, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

coptic stitch binding, paper covered boards with common pins and needles inserted; cover; interior pages; back cover. The subject of anxiety is conveyed with humorous alphabetic verse.

Tribal Alphabet, Mary Mccarthy, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound with cloth covered boards, endbands; cover; title page; interior pages; colophon. Twenty-six African tribes are represented with their masks, in alphabetical order. This book is the facsimile version of the original collage copy.

Twenty-Five Years Ago, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; interior spread and pages; back cover. The artist's wallet is recovered in an old air vent in her child's former school 25 years after she had visited his 4th grade classroom. The contents reveal life in the early 1970's.

The Jackson Pollock Sketchbooks In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Illustration

4 v. in boxed set, [80] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). Portfolio box (61 x 43 cm.) includes 3 sketchbook facsimiles and 1 volume of text (88 p. : ill. ; 21 x 28 cm.) "This first edition is limited to 525 copies, of which 500 are for sale": inside cover of box. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 22, 1997-Feb. 8, 1998. Library has copy no. 489. Sally Hume Lincoln Memorial Fund. Includes bibliographical references.

256 Steps, Yoko Matsuno, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

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

The Beautiful Bronx, Danielle Galvin, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

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

Campsite, Andi Mcgarry, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[12] pages : color ill. . Title from cover. Gift of Laurie Whitehill Chong.

Hilur, Cecilia Vacuña, University Of Massachusetts Dartmouth Art Gallery, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 scroll ; in cardboard box + 1 stick + 1 bookmar. "This scroll consists of text handwritten by the artist in russet ink of Chinese writing paper wrapped with interleafing tissue. The text reads: Threads become words and words become threads - on the other side. The title 'Hilar' mixes the Spanish 'hilo' with the English 'lure.'"--Bookmark. "This edition was done on the occasion of the artist's installation K'isa at the University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, October 27 to December 12, 1997"--Bookmark. Library has a Tlön Studio proof. Signed by the artist. Given by the RISD Museum …

Ivy Leaves, 1996-1997, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1997 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Shawn Elliott, Misti Fuller, Kelli Holzer, Stephanie Nichols, April Price, Darren Rambo, Sherrell Crawford, Sharon Felder, Jason Manuel, Daryl McCard, John Woodson, Wayne Cox, and Susan Wooten.

Robert Motherwell On Paper: Gesture, Variation, And Continuity, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Robert Motherwell on Paper: Gesture, Variation, and Continuity

October 17 to December 13, 1997

Marsh Art Gallery

Introduction

Abstract art is stripped bare of other things in order to intensify its rhythms, spatial intervals, and color structure, a process of emphasis. - Robert Motherwell

The renowned Abstract Expressionist artist Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), best known as a painter, produced a remarkable body of works on paper. His drawings, prints, and collages show an intimate side of his visual sensibility and reveal the very personal "handwriting" of the artist as he responded to the subtleties of paper, both as a medium and …

Azi's Curly Heads, Azi Rad, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

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