EXHIBITUnique Handmade Books: The Creative Process
at the San Francisco Public LibraryFebruary 5 - March 16, 2002
An exhibition at the San Francisco Public Library opened February 5, 2002 and highlighted the artists featured in Alisa Golden's new how-to book, Unique Handmade Books (Sterling, New York: November 2001). This exhibit was in the Skylight Gallery, Sixth Floor, Main Library, 100 Larkin St., Civic Center. The book is available for purchase at your neighborhood and online bookstores. To see pictures from the exhibit go to exhibition photographs.
Book artists featured in both the book and the exhibit are:
Julie ChenSas Colby
Betsy Davids
Marie C. Dern
Alisa Golden
Alastair Johnston
Lisa Kokin
Catherine Michaelis
Katherine Ng
Coriander Reisbord
Anne Hicks Siberell
Robbin Ami Silverberg
Val Simonetti
Anne Hayden Stevens
Each artist uses different materials and has a unique approach to making books. These approaches are evident in the statement prepared by each artist that appear in both the how-to book and the exhibit. Some types of books have layers of printed type or painted material, some are made of concrete and found objects. Many have unusual shapes. Some are altered books: previously published material chopped and changed, revitalized. Some books take their cue from conceptual art, others take on a sensibility that cannot be compared to other art forms. Content, form, intent and information are conveyed in mysterious and dynamic ways in this exhibit.
Alisa Golden has been making handmade books under the imprint never mind the press since 1983. She is a graduate in printmaking from California College of Arts and Crafts and a former board member and program director for the Pacific Center for the Book Arts. She is also the author of Creating Handmade Books (Sterling, NY: 1998).
For more information about the book see new how-to.
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