paperback pamphlet, hand sewn
1996 · New York
New York: Center for Book Arts, 1996. paperback pamphlet, hand sewn. Center for Book Arts. large 12mo. paperback pamphlet, hand sewn. (36) pages. This exhibition, held in New York from September 28 to December 7, 1996, reveals the innovative ways artists utilize paper to express ideas conveyed in books and broadsides. Rather than viewing paper as merely a neutral substrate, many of these works employ unusual or evocative papers that integrate the medium's physical components, fiber, watermark, decorative elements, weight and texture with the final work's text and image, or even guide the structure and intent of the book itself. In all the works in this (truncated)