I saw that today, 17.2.15, someone had been studying my blog archives and looked at 22 ‘articles’ one of which was this one about what constitutes a ‘book’ I have added some illustrations of books I have made and think it is a good time to reblog this post as it is about what the limits are in ‘bookness’, if there are any. Take a look at Anselm Kiefer’s books if you want to know the limit. There’s lots of folk out there who are befuddled about what the term ‘artist’s books’ refers to who ask me to ‘define’ them which those in the field know is impossible as there are as many variations to what an artist’s book may be as there are artists and others out there to create them so the best way I use to describe them is that they are like paintings, in other words they are whatever the maker can dream up
See blArts below the first is mostly about my creation Apulhed, the second is mostly about my book G Batch.
https://apulhed.wordpress.com/2013/11/07/my-past-pages-from-the-net/
https://apulhed.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/artasblag-blagasart-its-a-big-blart/
October 2013
My first article is due out today in Artist’s Book Year Book edited out of UWE by Sarah Bodman.
I wrote it because I was astounded to find at the end of the 3rd semester of a Master’s Degree course that one of the assessors understanding of what constitutes an ‘artist’s book’ seemed rather, let’s say, antiquated. He was not entirely alone with his view so I decided to take an stretch on what makes or constitutes ‘book’ or ‘bookness’.
my clay pothi book
In the article I look at ‘books’ before the codex bound book which predominates the shops today. I look at cuneiform tablets in ancient Assyria & Ur, the Tibetan ‘pothi’ book form, scrolls and some modern artists books which become ‘book-sculptures’, I show examples of my own take on the 3 forms. So, I put my money where my mouth is and make a…
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apulhed tingling 