Art made from books : altered, sculpted, carved, transformed / compiled by Laura Heyenga ; preface by Brian Dettmer ; introduction by Alyson Kuhn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyenga, Laura, editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Altered books.

Books in art.

Physical Description:

176 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2013.

Summary:

The 27 visual artists whose portfolios comprise this exciting collection each work with printed books as their medium. They carve, paint, and repurpose pulp to striking effect, building startling secondary evocations from their material's primary narratives. Amid the rush toward e-books, this volume amounts to a wild celebration of the printed, illustrated, and bound form.

Contents:

Preface / by Brian Dettmer

Introduction by Alyson Kuhn

Artists. James Allen, Thomas Allen, Noriko Ambe, Anonymous, Cara Barer, Doug Beube, Su Blackwell, Jennifer Collier, Brian Dettmer, Arián Dylan, Yvette Hawkins, Nicholas Jones, Jennifer Khoshbin, Lisa Kokin, Guy Laramée, Pablo Lehmann, Jeremy May, Pamela Paulsrud, Susan Porteous, Alex Queral, Jacqueline Rush Lee, Georgia Russell, Mike Stilkey, Kylie Stillman, Julia Strand, Robert The, Vita Wells

Artist bios

Image credits.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781452117102 ;