{"title":"Granary Books","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781887123693","title":"The Century Of Artists' Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"From codex to document, from performance to self-image, the world of artists' books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur.” –Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Back in Print! Johanna Drucker's \u003ci\u003eThe Century of Artists' Books\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e seminal full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentieth-century art form. By situating artists' books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. Within its pages, she explores more than two hundred individual books in relation to their structure, form, and conceptualization. This latest edition of the book features a new preface by Drucker and includes an introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e senior art critic Holland Cotter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrior praise for Johanna Drucker's \u003ci\u003eThe Century of Artists' Books\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Drucker] locates the artists' book, in all of its multitudinous aspects, within every significant modern movement and draws on an extensive bibliography of scholarly references to reveal the philosophical and artistic connections among the several emerging avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century.... The book vastly expands our understanding of the interdependence of structure and meaning in artists' books.”--Buzz Spector, \u003ci\u003eArt Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A folded fan, a set of blocks, words embedded in lucite: artists' books are a singular form of imaginative expression. With the insight of the artist and the discernment of the art historian, Drucker details over 200 of these works, relating them to the variety of art movements of the last century and tracing their development in form and concept. This work, one of the first full-length studies available of artists' books, provides both a critical analysis of the structures themselves and a basis for further reflection on the philosophical and conceptual roles they play. From codex to document, from performance to self-image, the world of artists' books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur. A useful work for all art collections, both public and academic.” Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308294058357,"sku":"9781887123693","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781887123693_2fadfb78-d0b4-4c00-ae97-a268aab221de.jpg?v=1786029136"},{"product_id":"9781887123488","title":"Joe Brainard: I Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe American artist's much-imitated memoir, described by Paul Auster as \"one of the few totally original books I have ever read.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe Brainard's \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary and artistic cult classic, praised and admired by writers from Paul Auster to John Ashery and Edmund White. As autobiography, Brainard's method was brilliantly simple: to set down specific memories as they rose to the surface of his consciousness, each prefaced by the refrain \"I remember\": \"I remember when I thought that if you did anything bad, policemen would put you in jail.\" Brainard's enduring gem of a book has been issued in various forms over the past thirty years. In 1970, Angel Hair books published the first edition of \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e, which quickly sold out; he wrote two subsequent volumes for Angel Hair, \u003ci\u003eMore I Remember\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eMore I Remember More\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), both of which proved as popular as the original. In 1973, the Museum of Modern Art in New York published Brainard's \u003ci\u003eI Remember Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e, a new text for which he also contributed a cover design and four drawings. Excerpts from the Angel Hair editions appeared in \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGay Sunshine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald\u003c\/i\u003e. Then in 1975, Full Court Press issued a revised version collecting all three of the Angel Hair volumes and added new material, using the original title \u003ci\u003eI Remember\u003c\/i\u003e. This complete edition is prefaced by poet and translator Ron Padgett.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313102434677,"sku":"9781887123488","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781887123488_4c93b1ee-5902-4e1f-8d06-c4e3f87678b4.jpg?v=1786029135"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/publisher-granary-books.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}