Book art object / editor, David Jury.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Jury, David, editor.

Koch, Peter Rutledge, writer of preface.

Codex Foundation, issuing body.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Conference Name:

Codex Book Fair and Symposium (1st : 2007 : University of California, Berkeley), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists' books--Congresses.

Artists' books.

Artists' books--Registers.

Book designers--Congresses.

Book designers.

Book design--Congresses.

Book design.

Fine books--Congresses.

Fine books.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings

Conference papers and proceedings.

Annotations -- 21st century.

Annotations (Provenance) -- 21st century.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Abode Caslon.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

441 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : Codex Foundation, [2008]

Summary:

"Book art object is a record of the first biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium: "The Fate of the Art," Berkeley, California, 2007. The event showcased contemporary artist books and fine press and fine art editions produced by some of the world's most esteemed printers, designers, book artists, and artisans." "The foreword is written by Peter Rutledge Koch, and David Jury provides an introduction to the subject." "There are also written commentaries from Crispen Elsted, Canada; Markus Fahrner, Germany; Martha Hellion, Mexico; Jadwiga Jarvis, Australia; and Gerald Lange, USA." "This book contains 448 pages with 735 color images, presenting the work of artists, designers, printers, and publishers from all parts of the world."--Jacket.

Contents:

Preface / Peter Rutledge Koch

Introduction / David Jury

Speakers: The hybrid lexicon: / Sarah Bodman

Cutting and pasting, metaphor of my lifre / Felipe Ehrenberg

Recto, verso: Aspects of contemporary German book art / Dr. Stefan Soltek

Spiritual geometry: the book as a work of art / Robert Bringhurst

Commentators / Crispen Elsted: Canada ; Markus Fahrner: Germany ; Martha Hellion: Mexico ; Jadwiga Jarvis: Australia ; Gerald Lange: United States of America

Information and contact details

Supporters

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

"This book contains 448 pages with 735 color images, presenting the work of artists, designers, printers, and publishers from all parts of the world."--Jacket.

Record of the First Biennial Codex International Book Fair and Symposium: The Fate of the Art, Berkeley, California, 2007.

Preface by Peter Rutledge Koch.

Includes index.

Typeface: Adobe Caslon.

"Book art object is a record of the first biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium: "The Fate of the Art," Berkeley, California, 2007. The event showcased contemporary artist books and fine press and fine art editions produced by some of the world's most esteemed printers, designers, book artists, and artisans. The foreword is written by Peter Rutledge Koch, and David Jury provides an introduction to the subject. There are also written commentaries from Crispen Elsted, Canada; Markus Fahrner, Germany; Martha Hellion, Mexico; Jadwiga Jarvis, Australia; and Gerald Lange, USA."--Jacket

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has dust jacket. Some folders laid in.

ISBN:

9780981791401

0981791409

OCLC:

298181403