Anne Thurmann-Jajes, in the catalogue essay for the exhibition ars photographica, states that: ‘In very general terms, it is possible to say that half of all artists’ books produced to date have been based on photographs’ (Thurmann-Jajes and Hellmold 2002:19) . In many ways this statement and its implications has inspired my investigation of the … Read more
Our guest blogger, artist Normana Wight has chosen Peter Rosman’s artist’s book Spiral Notebook no 15 to review this month. The selection prompted contact with Peter regarding his work. The catalogue record has now been updated to reflect Peter’s title for the work which was previously recorded as ‘Artist’s book‘. Artist’s book by Australian artist, … Read more
The Siganto Foundation Artists’ Book Research Fellow, Dr Doug Spowart reports on activities he and his partner Victoria Cooper organised at The Edge to celebrate World Photobook Day in Brisbane. For photobook people, the 14th of October is World Photobook Day (WPD) and celebrations worldwide are coordinated through the Photobook Club group. On this day … Read more
Inspired by a current QAGOMA exhibition Madonna Staunton : Out of a Clear Blue Sky, our guest blogger artist Normana Wight reviews Pennant an artists’ book from the collections of the Australian Library of Art. This is a book of some size and weight; in timber and paper, it is a sculptural ‘objet d’art.’ The … Read more
Normana Wight, our very creative guest blogger and artist has chosen to introduce The Ifs of Language, which is copy 2 of a limited edition of 10 books by Melbourne artist Peter Lyssiotis. ‘The Ifs of Language.’ Published in Melbourne, 2002 ‘The Ifs of Language,’ is all about text, paper, type-face, and space. Bound in … Read more
Last week the Australian Library of Art had the pleasure of hosting Tim Mosely’s exhibition re/membering touch: an anthology of artists books from silverwattle bookfoundry in the Fox Family White Gloves Room. The exhibited works were an exploration of ‘haptic touch’ which Tim has undertaken for his PhD, with the exhibition being reviewed by Australian … Read more
The recipients of the 2014 Siganto Foundation Fellowships have been announced. The Siganto Foundation Artists’ Books Creative Fellowship has been awarded to Jan Davis. Her project One thing becoming another: labour-infused artist’s books which investigate lives of toil in nineteenth and early twentieth century rural Queensland will look at farm and station diaries held in … Read more
Guest blogger Normana Wight has selected a particularly luscious artists’ book from the collection to review, one which will appeal to the medievalist, Italophile, lovers of contemporary poetry and artistic photography. There is a particularly beautiful artist’s book at the State Library of Queensland; It is called ‘Limes’ or ‘Lim/es’ (emphasis on the ‘e’). In … Read more
On Friday evening 16th May Helen Cole, Coordinator of the Australian Library of Art opened a travelling exhibition from the National Library of Wales at Logan Art Gallery. Titled Open Books +: Artists Books from the UK, China and Australia, the exhibition has been curated by Mary Hustead (Wales), Joe Zhu (China) and Angela … Read more
Twelve enthusiastic artists joined artist Susan King during the weekend of April 12-13 at the State Library of Queensland to discover the pleasure of using simple tools and structures to start making artists’ books. Further inspiration was gained with a viewing of a selection of artists’ books from the ALA collection. Work then began in … Read more