Object Focus: The Book
Object Focus: The Book Guidebook
An introduction to Object Focus: The Book, an exhibition exploring how the book developed during the 20th century into a unique form that defies expectations of how a book should behave. Complete text is available for download below.
Download Object Focus: The Book Guidebook (PDF)
To bind your downloaded guidebook, please consider visiting local independent resources such as Publication Studio, Independent Resource Publishing Center, Container Corps or Em Space Book Arts Center in Portland, Oregon.
Index of Artists
An alphabetic listing of artists in Object Focus: The Book
Craft Conversation | Object Focus: The Book
Co-curators Geraldine Ondrizek and Namita Gupta Wiggers are joined by collaborator Barbara Tetenbaum for a discussion about Object Focus: The Book.
November 18, 2010 – February 26, 2011
Curated by: Geraldine Ondrizek, Reed College and Namita Gupta Wiggers, Museum of Contemporary Craft; in collaboration with Barbara Tetenbaum, Oregon College of Art and Craft
The artist’s book is an object that extends work beyond the boundaries of a gallery setting. Through selections from the significant 20th century modern and contemporary artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections, this exhibition explores the book as an object which defies the boundaries between art, craft and design, and moves along a spectrum from a recognizable to a deconstructed form.
Object Focus: The Book was curated by Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art, Reed College and Namita Gupta Wiggers, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Craft in collaboration with Barbara Tetenbaum, Head of Book Arts, Oregon College of Art and Craft. Reed College’s Artists’ Books Collection has been made possible by a generous grant from John and Betty Gray and Sue and Ed Cooley to support the Art Department, Reed College.
A guidebook to Object Focus: The Book is available for download below. To bind your downloaded guidebook, please consider visiting local independent resources such as Publication Studio, Independent Resource Publishing Center, Container Corps or Em Space Book Arts Center in Portland, Oregon.
EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY:
PNCA+FIVE Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation · Sue Horn-Caskey & Rick Caskey · The Collins Foundation · Maribeth Collins · Truman & Kristin Collins · John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · MJ Murdock Charitable Trust · National Endowment for the Arts · PGE Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation · The Standard · Mary Hoyt Stevenson Foundation · Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust · Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt · The Western States Art Federation · Whiteman Foundation · Ziba
With special thanks to: NWC Nick Weitzer Contracting and Willamette Week.
