In search of the book as a work of art / Alan Loney ; with a foreword by Paul F Gehl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Loney, Alan, 1940- author.

Gehl, Paul F., author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Opifex (Firm), active 2019, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading.

Artists' books.

Fine books.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Books.

Genre:

Essays.

Physical Description:

xvi, 93 pages ; 22 cm

Distribution:

New Castle, DE : Distributed outside Australia and New Zealand by Oak Knoll Press

Place of Publication:

Newtown, NSW, Australia : Opifex, 2019.

Summary:

In search of the book as a work of art is a probing series of questions about how we understand the words 'art' and 'book' and what happens when we put them together. It argues that the categories by which we have distinguished different kinds of books no longer tell us what we are looking at when we look at new books, including many made by trade publishers. Categories like 'fine press book' and 'artist book' have served useful purposes in the past, but are now redundant in the face of the incredible range of categorical overlaps in books that people are actually making. Along the way, this book explores and explodes a number of current ideas about books whose use-by dates are seen by the author as well and truly passed. --back cover verso.

In search of the book as a work of art is a probing series of questions about how we understand the words 'art' and 'book' and what happens when we put them together. It argues that the categories by which we have distinguished different kinds of books no longer tell us what we are looking at when we look at new books, including many made by trade publishers. Categories like 'fine press book' and 'artist book' have served useful purposes in the past, but are now redundant in the face of the incredible range of categorical overlaps in books that people are actually making. Along the way, this book explores and explodes a number of current ideas about books whose use-by dates are seen by the author as well and truly passed. -- Page 4 of cover.

Contents:

Foreword / by Paul F. Gehl

Prologue : reading and resistance

The meaning of 'art'

The meaning of 'book'

The art of the object

The price of naming the thing one sees

Getting the artist out of the room

The craft/art 'debate'

Art, craft and the trade

What does the word 'book' feel like?

A matter of intimacy

Anything but a book

The chucklist

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780648680703

0648680703

OCLC:

1127946065