Books of Art

Chicago book artist Karen Hanmer visited the Design, Architecture, Art, & Planning Library (DAAP) April 25, 2008 to present “Book Arts Road Trip,” a survey of contemporary book arts. The book arts field spans a broad range of work, including books of traditional leather bindings, all forms of printmaking from the most ancient to the most current technology, sculptural works that are sometimes only a vague reference to the book form, and even installation and performance. Hanmer showed images of a broad variety of work and gave insights into the thoughts of the artists through their own words.

The DAAP Library has a collection of over 300 artists’ books representing a broad cross section of unique works from local artists, some student work, and nationally recognized book artists. For a listing of artists’ books in the library collection, conduct a subject search in the Library Catalog on artists’ books.

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