The Illustrated Book

An exhibition of artits’ books that emphasize the power of image to convey ideas.

Brian Hannon, former Executive Director, said of this exhibition: “…In an effort to represent the current diversity of artistic styles, this exhibition features artists’ books which emphasize the power of the image to convey ideas rather than merely augmenting text.

This exhibition contains books which employ various methods of image-making…The works are both established and emerging artists and illustrators, and utilize traditional and contemporary bookmaking techniques, as well as unusual materials. The exhibition also demonstrates how the book format functions in the artistic process: serving as a vessel for collecting images and sketches for works-in-progress, or as in an integral part of the final vision of an artwork. Many of the books in the exhibition are one-of-a-kind journals by professional illustrators whose works have been featured in magazines like The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Esquire; other books are handmade limited edition works produced by small presses, or are collaborations between illustrators and bookbinders; still others are unique works conceived and created by artists who have altered existing books, including sculptural elements, or designed alternative structures to express their own individual sensibility. All of the works are related in that each in some way responds to the notion of a book as a cultural artifact and a container for information.”

Support for the Center for Book Arts’ visual arts programming is provided, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Exhibition Checklist:

Maciek  Albrecht

  • Addition to the Encyclopedia of South America, The
    Color photocopy & pencil
  • Africa
    Color pastels on cardboard in wood box
  • Nature – Part I
    Collection of offset printed cards
  • Triangles
    Oil pastels

Gary  Baseman

  • 8 Sketchbooks
    Drawings in commercially-bound blank books
  • Heroin
    Acrylic on Canvas

Susanna  Bergtold

  • Characters of Names, The
    Silkscreen and letterpress on Stonehenge paper
  • Dogs
    Laser copies on Crest and Stonehenge paper
  • Puppet Theater
    Etching, aquatint on Rives BFK
  • Reptiles
    Letterpress on Stonehenge paper
  • Sixteen Faces
    Silkscreen on Stonehenge paper

Paul  Corio

  • Alphabet City
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • East Side Sketchbook, The
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • Frame Book, The
    Photocopy, side-sewn
  • Geek’s Progress, The
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • Hair of the Dog
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • New York City Hijinx with Paul and Dave
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • New York City Notebook
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • Paul Corio’s Personal Vices
    Photocopied book of drawings
  • Sketchbook (Black Cover)
    Mixed media in store-bought notebook
  • Sketchbook (Blue Monkey Cover)
    Mixed media in store-bought notebook
  • Sketchbook (Marble Cover)
    Mixed media in store-bought notebook
  • Ubu Rex
    Offset printed book of drawings
  • Wolves in Cheap Clothing
    Offset printed book of drawings

Tennessee Rice Dixon

  • Vigil
    Collage, paint on Arches black

D.B.  Dowd

  • Cry Mustardville
    Letterpress and linocut printed folios on Mohawk paper with clamshell box

Henrik Drescher

  • Comeundone
    (1989) Poote Press; letterpress

Mimie  Eng

  • Company of Clowns
    Letterpress printed on Arches Cover; Hand-painted with watercolor, accordion binding

David  Goldin

  • Red Rockets
    Pen & ink, watercolor and collage on a found book cover
  • Untitled from sketchbook with mixed media
    Ink, watercolor, found objects

Moses  Hoskins

  • Book of Debris, The, Volume #10
    Collage and mixed media on composition book
  • Book of Debris, The, Volume #8
    Collage and mixed media on acid-free sketchbook
  • Book of Debris, The, Volume #9
    Collage and mixed media on acid-free sketchbook

Jordan  Isip

  • Banana
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper, originally pubished in The Village Voice
  • Breadcrumb Trail
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper
  • Girlie Show, The
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper, originally pubished in Rolling Stone
  • Last Will
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper, originally published in Worth Magazine
  • Noise Inside, The
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper, originally published in The Detroit Free Press
  • Red Sketchbook
    Mixed media in commercially bound blank book
  • Scrapbook
    Mixed media in commercially bound blank book
  • Target
    Mixed media on Fabriano paper, originally pubished in Healthquest

Stephanie Krause

  • Animals on Wheels
    Letterpress and hand-coloring on Arches, accordion binding
  • Mara Guide to Life, The
    Pen, ink & gouache on Arches paper
  • My Twin Uncles
    Page from sketchbook; Gouache and ink
  • Used Animals
    Gouache and ink, cards

Hedi  Kyle

  • Scroll – Unit #1 (work in progress)
    Offset printed card stock with corrugated paper wrapper

Ruth  Lingen

  • Comeundone
    (1989) Poote Press; letterpress

Margot  Lovejoy

  • Manifestations
    Bound laser copies
  • Paradoxic Mutations
    Offset lithography on Mohawk Superfine

Emily  Martin

  • House Detective, The
    Photocopies of etchings on Sakamoto paper

Barbara  Mauriello

  • Twelve Eyptian Chairs
    Letterpess with gouache painting, gold tooling, and collage

James  Pernotto

  • “Genetics” – The Four Seasons
    Acrylic on canvas
  • Ego
    Collage, paint, altered and collaged comic book
  • Popeye: Ghost Ship to Treasure Island
    Offset lithography, altered and collaged comic book
  • Vermicelli
    Collage, painted altered book

David  Ricceri

  • Company of Clowns
    Letterpress printed on Arches Cover; Hand-painted with watercolor, accordion binding

John  Ross

  • On Liberty and Justice
    Woodcuts and letterpress on Waterford paper
  • Sacred Land, The
    Collagraph plates (made with textured fabrics). Letterpress. Clamshell box.

Lara  Tomlin

  • Suckers
    Hand-colored etchings on Rives BFK, accordion binding

Edin  Velez

  • Borges Book
    Photocopy constructions
  • Transition Event
    (1988) Xerox, mixed media

Exhibition Views

House Detective Emily Martin
house shaped accordion book
House Detective Emily Martin
house shaped accordion book
House Detective Emily Martin
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