Artwork by Stefan Klima.
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Artists Books: A Critical Survey of the Literature is the first and only published guide to writings on artists books. It contains five lucid essays and a carefully researched, thorough bibliography. An important reference tool for anyone interested in artists books.
Stefan Klimas text is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to explore the development of critical debates on artists books. Beginning with documentation from the late 1960s Klima carefully charts the discussion of several central issues: the identity of artists books, their disputed origins, and their current status. His summary of debates is handled with the evenhandedness of an outsider; he maps the sometimes fractious and frequently contentious dialogues among interested parties with scrupulous care. His bibliography is a thoroughly useful guide to the critical and historical texts. It has the advantage of being well focused on the topic and thus serves as an essential point of departure for any student, librarian, critic, or collector interested in pursuing the literature on artists books. A welcome addition to a steadily growing body of works in the field. Johanna Drucker, artist, scholar, and writer. She is the author of The Century of Artists Books, The Alphabetic Labyrinth and The Visible Word among many other books.
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Stefan Klima was born in Oldham, England. He has a degree in art and a Ph.D in American Music. Currently Head of Fine and Performing Arts at the Beverly Hills Public Library Stefan Klima has been an observer of artists books since 1985. This is his first book.
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If you are interested in the artists' book or the artist's book, Mr. Klima's monograph is a must read. It is short, concise and well annotated. I read it in nearly one sitting or rather two subway rides, but will undoubtedly return again to review the history and remind myself of the nature of both the word, and the meaning of a creative book.
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