{"title":"Catalogues","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Center for Book Arts is one of few contemporary arts organizations dedicated to the art of the book, and the only location in New York City at which visitors can view book arts exhibitions in the context of an active, working studio.  In keeping with the Center’s mission, our exhibitions endeavor to place book art practice within the larger context of contemporary art, exploring the book as object, as media, and as a site of resistance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe produce catalogues of all of our main gallery exhibitions.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"walt-whitmans-words-inspiring-artists-today-1","title":"Walt Whitman's Words: Inspiring Artists Today","description":"\u003cem\u003eWalt Whitman's Words: Inspiring Artists Today\u003c\/em\u003e is a catalog published on the occasion of the group exhibition curated by Deirdre Lawrence at Center for Book Arts, October - December 2019. The Center for Book Arts is marking the bi-centennial of Walt Whitman's birth by looking at how Whitman's writings have influenced contemporary artists working in the book arts. The exhibition follows several themes Whitman focused on in his writings, providing the connective tissue that links these works together. Geography, history, identity and immigration are a few themes that emerge from the works of art on view. Whitman's fascination with Ancient Egypt, photography as a branding tool, and his notion of the world as he imagined it are all evident in the art on view. These diverse objects range from books, drawings, photographs, sketches, broadsides and a scroll.\r\n\r\nThis book was selected as AIGA's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/50books50covers.secure-platform.com\/a\/gallery\/rounds\/94\/details\/35522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e50 Books 50 Covers of 2019.\u003c\/a\u003e\r\n\r\nWhitman is known today as an American poet, what is less known is his intimate knowledge and influence on the art of bookmaking. From his early days spent apprenticing as a newspaper printer, Whitman was involved in all aspects of bookmaking including writing, choosing the typeface and designing of the entire publication including binding, printing and editing. In his efforts to publish his own works, he oversaw all aspects of the production and often set type himself. Whitman truly experienced what it was like to make books and his hands on work allowed him to discover the anatomy of words and the creation of poetic space. The catalog for the exhibition celebrates Whitman's involvement with the book as a vehicle for distributing his emerging ideas and reflects his sensibilities in terms of binding, paper, typography, images and overall innovative design.\r\n\r\nThe artists' work represented in the catalog follow Whitman's experiments with printing and his reflections on the world around him especially on the emerging role of democracy in America. While Whitman lived over a century ago, his clusters of poetry and prose created from 1855 to 1892 continue to speak to the condition of the world especially now. His thoughts on democracy and immigration act as moral guardrails especially relevant today.\r\n\r\nThe catalog highlights the work of artists who use the book format as their artistic medium and create work that reflects Whitman’s influence. Art included ranges from multiples, to limited editions and unique items addressing issues that Whitman wrote about including democracy, gender, immigration, history and observations of the world around us. Drawing inspiration from Whitman’s entire oeuvre, the selected works reproduced in the catalog range from letterpress to digital works including social media. Each work of art is presented with an image along with a description written by the artists. The catalog offers an essay by Deirdre Lawrence, the curator, and an interview with the curator by Corina Reynolds. Overall design is the product of the collaborative work of Corina Reynolds, director of the Center for Book Arts and co-founder of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.smalleditions.nyc\"\u003eSmall Editions\u003c\/a\u003e, and Roni Gross, letter press artist and teacher and founder of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ronigross.com\/section\/118565.html\"\u003eZ'roah press\u003c\/a\u003e.\r\n\r\nThe text for the book was set in Jansen, and Trajan, with titling in Normande. Various 19th century typefaces from the collection of Center for Book Arts was used for the quotations from Leaves of Grass. The end sheet is from Walt Whitman's notebooks, courtesy of the Library of Congress. The catalog was printed and hand bound in New York City.\r\n\r\nThis catalog -- which can be seen as an artists' book in its own right -- offers striking images in color and black and white highlighting the work of 45 artists. Presented in a innovative folded binding, the catalog reflects Whitman's artistic sensibilities and influence on the book arts\r\n\r\nFeatured artists: Isabel Baraona, Vanessa Cruz, Sasha Chavchavadze, Allen Crawford, Marianne Dages, Devon Damonte, Brian Dettmer, Teresa Drilling, Daphne Fitzpatrick, Evelyn Eller, Sophie Koko Gate, Anne Gilman, Donald Glaister, Sam Gordon, Sheila Goloborotko, Joan C. 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It considers how book arts have contributed to the recording of oppositional subjectivities in the U.S. The exhibition is titled after Audre Lorde’s 1977 essay on the intersections of creativity and activism that were not only essential to her own work but to a diverse group of feminist thinkers at the time. Recognizing that both creative work and activism are driven by subjectivity, Lorde argues that for women poetry is not a luxury but a vital necessity, as it provides a framework through which survival and the desire for change can be articulated, conceptualized, and transformed into meaningful action.\r\n\r\nFeatured artists:\r\nAurora De Armendi with Adriana Mendez Rodenas, Zeina Barakeh, Janine Biunno, Ana Paula Cordeiro, Joyce Dallal, Nancy Genn, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Brenda Louie, Nancy Morejon with Ronaldo Estevez Jordan and Marciel Ruiz, Katherine Ng, Miné Okubo, Martha Rosler, Zeinab Saab, Jacqueline Reem Salloum, Patricia Sarrafian Ward, Jana Sim, Sable Elyse Smith, Patricia Tavenner, Christine Wong Yap, and Helen Zughaib.","brand":"Center for Book Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45024355483804,"sku":"S-D4-27","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3861\/files\/b0f38aa7-Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-3.53.07-PM.png?v=1748996517"},{"product_id":"inside-out","title":"Inside\/Out","description":"\u003cem\u003eInside\/Out: Memory, Family, Loss, Displacement, Catastrophe\u003c\/em\u003e was shown from October 5 - December 15, 2018 at the Center for Book Arts. 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Over the Center ‘s 40-year history, this program has evolved from informal members-only shows to a dedicated rotating display case to its current format in our Studio and Foyer Galleries. For this exhibition, curator Maddy Rosenberg has selected nearly 30 artists who have had a Featured Artist Project at the Center, including works that continue the dialogue of each artist’s past presentation with an insight into the progression of his or her work.\r\n\r\nRosenberg notes, “When I scanned the list of the many interesting artists through the years who have had Featured Artist Project exhibitions at the Center, I was searching for representatives of more than just the best examples in the field. I was seeking those taking the book as a jumping off point in as many directions as possible: encompassing, bottled, sitting atop, sometimes even skirting the fact. 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With \u003cem\u003eFine \u0026amp; Dirty\u003c\/em\u003e, the curators will assemble work that represents the best in letterpress books today, created by established and emerging artists. In so doing we hope to explore the forces that are reshaping the meanings of craft in letterpress printing in the twenty-first century, and that may shed light on the larger craft world's relationship to art and to life. The exhibition will also investigate other influences on current letterpress work. These include DIY (Do It Yourself) and its playful organizational spin-off for letterpress, ILLSA (Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts); Asian influences such as wabi sabi; international influences such as, from the UK, Ken Campbell's improvisatory approach and Ron King's theatrical presentations, and, from Germany, a heightened focus on design and on a wide use of papers seen in work by Viktoria Schăpers and other Germans, and in work by Barbara Tetenbaum.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Center for Book Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45024641286300,"sku":"D3-E1 2012","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3861\/files\/6974474a-108981_2048x2048_15344ffc-46ae-4cdf-83b0-39d213502ef2.jpg?v=1748996314"},{"product_id":"book-as-witness-the-artists-response-1","title":"Book as Witness: The Artist's Response","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"111\" data-end=\"187\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eThis compelling exhibition catalogue (5.25″ × 8.5″, 52 pp., paperback), curated by Maria G. Pisano and published by the Center for Book Arts, showcases the powerful role of the artist’s book as a vessel of memory and testimony. Featuring nearly thirty-six artists, it includes emotional, poignant works responding to personal and collective events such as Hurricane Katrina, war, systems of violence, and loss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"634\"\u003eWith an insightful introductory essay by Pisano and full-color reproductions accompanied by detailed bibliographic notes, \u003cem data-start=\"311\" data-end=\"328\"\u003eBook as Witness\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how book-based artworks serve as intimate responses—witnessing grief, resistance, and survival. 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The works in this catalogue demonstrate ways in which music can be more than pure sound; for example, a vinyl record cover that has been silkscreen printed, a CD booklet that unfolds with drawings and collage, or other musical propositions that use techniques and strategies similar to those found in book art production. In addition, this project will also showcase an international scope of independent and self-made albums that contain a focused artistic vision, pointing towards two interesting and intertwined moments: the creation of a local product (in contrast to a mainstream one), and the parallel construction of a new kind of globalized grassroots movement. 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Whether drafting steps for an action, making lists of performance materials, or giving directions for participants, the use of written language becomes a recurrent element in the enactment of the practice. This exhibition catalogue gives center stage to artist books, letters, notes, scripts, and texts produced side-by-side to, or in complicity with, these short-lived gestures.\r\n\r\nThis book includes a foreword by Alexander Campos, essay by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/nicolas-dumit-estevez\"\u003eNicolás Dumit Estévez\u003c\/a\u003e, photos of the artworks, full checklist of works exhibited, and documentation of related Actions and Lecture Performances at Center for Book Arts.\r\n\u003ch3\u003eArtists included:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\nMaria Alós, Josefina Báez, Paco Cao, Papo Colo, Billy X. 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He has exhibited and performed extensively in the U.S. as well as internationally at venues such as Madrid Abierto\/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05 and 07, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, The Pontevedra Biennial, The Queens Museum of Art, MoMA, Printed Matter, P.S. 122, Hemispheric Institute of Performance Art and Politics, Princeton University, Rutgers University, The Institute for Art, Religion, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, The MacDowell Colony, Provisions Library, El Museo del Barrio, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, The Center for Book Arts, Longwood Art Gallery\/BCA, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Franklin Furnace, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, among others. During the past seven years Estévez has received mentorship in art in everyday life from Linda Mary Montano, a historic figure in the performance art field. Montano and Estévez have also collaborated on several performances. Residencies attended include P.S. 1\/MoMA, Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. He has received grants from Art Matters, Lambent Foundation, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Printed Matter and Puffin Foundation. Estévez Holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Estévez has curated exhibitions and organized programs for El Museo del Barrio, the Institute for Art, Religion and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary, Longwood Art Gallery\/Bronx Council on the Arts, and the Queens Museum of Art, New York; and for the Filmoteca de Andalucía, Córdoba, Spain. He is currently curating an exhibition from El Museo del Barrio’s permanent collection. Publications include Pleased to Meet You, Life as Material for Art and Vice Versa (editor) and For Art’s Sake. 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The curators of this exhibition, Emilie Ahern \u0026amp; Sherri Littlefield, have reflected on what it means to be “American.” Having multicultural backgrounds and being raised in the States has given them both moments of confusion and frustration, and has led them to wonder what this country has to do with personal identity. When forming this exhibition, the curators presented themselves, artists, editors, leaders and everyday-people with the question – “What is American culture today, and what does an American look like?”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtists Include: Thomas Allen, Uriel Cidor, Ana Paula Cordeiro, Daniela Deeg + Cynthia Lollis, Ke Francis, Jon Feinstein, Kris Graves Project (featuring Nadiya Nacorda, Kenneth Wrye and MaryLynne Wrye, Alina van Ryzin, Kiliii Yüyan, Courtney Asztalos \u0026amp; Michael W. 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As the sense of sight often gets the most attention in the process of taking in an artwork, \u003cem\u003eOut of Sight, Beyond Touch\u003c\/em\u003e aims to remind one of the crucial role touch has in our perception of works of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\nThis Farsi\/English bilingual catalogue includes: images of the artworks exhibited at Center for Book Arts in 2021; an essay by Marayam Ghoreishi; writing by Shirin Salehi, Bahman Mohammadi, and Amina Ahmed; an interview with Mark Patterson about the haptic qualities of book art; and artist bios.\r\n\u003ch2\u003eArtists\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/amina-ahmed\"\u003eAmina Ahmed\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/bahman-mohammadi\"\u003eBahman Mohammadi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/masoumeh-mohtadi\"\u003eMasoumeh Mohtadi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/shirin-salehi\"\u003eShirin Salehi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eDesigner\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.rambodvala.com\/\"\u003eRambod Vala\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/former.design.studio\/\"\u003eFormer Design Studio\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003eAmirali Khatibi (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/former.design.studio\/\"\u003eFormer Design Studio\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003ePhotographers\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003eSamoel González\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003eAidin Baftechi\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eEditors\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003eJenna Hamed\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003eSarah Sloan\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003eBinder\u003c\/h2\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n \t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/myong-jin\"\u003eMyong Jin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\nSpecial thanks to Aran Gharibpour.","brand":"Center for Book Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45024672776348,"sku":"S-E5-04","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3861\/files\/4dbccedb-cover-1.jpg?v=1748996490"},{"product_id":"look-look-look-a-playful-book","title":"Look Look Look, a Playful Book","description":"Exhibition catalogue edited by Elisabeth Lortic, independent curator and co-founder of Les Trois Ourses (Paris), designed by Keith Godard.\r\n\r\nThis catalogue brings to the forefront ideas and concepts articulated by the early 20th century Futurist-informed artist Bruno Munari. 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This catalogue includes an introduction by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/corina-reynolds\"\u003eCorina Reynolds\u003c\/a\u003e, essay by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/ann-tarantino\"\u003eAnn Tarantino\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/centerforbookarts.org\/people\/lindsey-landfried\"\u003eLindsey Landfried, \u003c\/a\u003e documentation of all the works in the exhibition, and a reading list collected by the artists in the exhibition. 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In this exhibition, the book is simultaneously complemented and subverted. Artists investigate the tradition of artist’s books as artistic structure, storytelling in visual art, the narrative possibilities of language, and the object-ness of book material in circulation. 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