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Books beyond Artists follows the exhibition Blood on Paper (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2008), which was curated by Elena Ochoa Foster, founder and CEO of IvoryPress and Rowan Watson, curator of the National Art Library and head of the artists鈥� books collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The exhibition will include editions from private collections鈥攕uch as those of Ben Brown (United Kingdom), Jean-Claude Meyer (France), Thaddaeus Ropac (France/Austria), Norman and Elena Foster (Switzerland/ USA), Archivo Lafuente (Spain) and Ivorypress (Spain), among others鈥�, artists鈥� studios鈥攊ncluding the studios of Olafur Eliasson (Germany), Roni Horn (USA), Jenny Holzer (USA), Miquel Barcelo虂 (France) and Peter Sacks (USA)鈥攁nd several institutions鈥攍ike the Victoria and Albert Museum (United Kingdom), Fundacio虂 Antoni Ta虁pies (Spain) and the Brosky Center (USA), among others.

Other artists鈥� books published in the last few decades will also be on display, from publishing houses such as Toluca (France), Onestar Press (France), RVB Books (The Netherlands), Steidl Verlag (Germany), Turner Libros (Spain) and Limited Editions Club (USA), as well as those published by Ivorypress.

Also on show will be object books or very small editions created by contemporary artists such as Paul McCarthy or Anselm Kiefer, which will be displayed alongside pictorial and sculptural books where there is little or no text. These are works in which the images, sculptures or paintings are brought to the fore. In this section, the exhibition will include editions by Francisco de Goya, William Kentridge or Anthony Caro, among others. Artist books made by leading figures of contemporary art like Louise Bourgeois or Damien Hirst will also be on show.

In some of the copies, the design and the materials chosen are the centre of attention. From the folding of paper in books such as those of Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Lucio Fontana or Hiroshi Sugimoto, to the use of natural materials, like in Richard Long鈥檚 edition. In others, however, the book becomes a vehicle for the expression of a protest or a manifesto, as is the case with the books of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Santiago Sierra or Martin Parr. The show will also include books in which there is only text, like those of Jenny Holzer or Isidoro Valca虂rcel Medina.

In many artists鈥� books there is a dialogue between literature and the visual arts. This includes historical collaborations between artists and poets such as the book by Aleksandr Ro虂dchenko produced with Vladimir Mayakovsky and other examples that illustrate or shape literary texts by writers such as Octavio Paz or Ste虂phane Mallarme虂 alongside painters such as Robert Motherwell or Balthus.

Finally, the photobook will also be represented in the exhibition Books beyond Artists with works from different time periods, from artists such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sophie Calle, Miguel Rio Branco or Ai Weiwei.