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Contemporary Artists’ Books Exhibit
This small exhibit features artists’ books from the Santa Clara University Library’s Archives & Special Collections. It has been curated to reflect some of the range of this artistic medium: Traditions before Print, Letterpress & Print Art, Literary Art, and Digital Art.
Artist books are works of art that reflect upon the form, function and history of the book. They feature handmade paper, hand-applied decorations, hand-set printing, and/or bespoke bindings. This small exhibit features artists’ books from the Santa Clara University Library’s Archives & Special Collections. It has been curated to reflect some of the range of this artistic medium: Traditions before Print, Letterpress & Print Art, Literary Art, and Digital Art. Artists’ books play with the idea of a book and the ephemera of writing, asking us to examine how we continually redefine and recreate this ancient technology in the modern age.
This small exhibit features artists’ books from the Santa Clara University Library’s Archives & Special Collections. It has been curated to reflect some of the range of this artistic medium: Traditions before Print, Letterpress & Print Art, Literary Art, and Digital Art.
Artist books are works of art that reflect upon the form, function and history of the book. They feature handmade paper, hand-applied decorations, hand-set printing, and/or bespoke bindings. This small exhibit features artists’ books from the Santa Clara University Library’s Archives & Special Collections. It has been curated to reflect some of the range of this artistic medium: Traditions before Print, Letterpress & Print Art, Literary Art, and Digital Art. Artists’ books play with the idea of a book and the ephemera of writing, asking us to examine how we continually redefine and recreate this ancient technology in the modern age.
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