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The Thing the Book
A Monument to the Book as Object
- Chronicle Books
- by John Herschendand
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Publisher | Chronicle Books |
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ISBN | 9781452117201 |
Author(s) | John Herschendand |
Publication date | August 2014 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 254 x 203 mm |
Illustrations | throughout col.ill. |
Pages | 156 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book, from endpapers to footnotes, is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other. A ribbon bookmark by David Shrigley, page numbers by Tauba Auerbach, endnotes by Rick Moody, each contribution surprising and brilliant. This one-of-a-kind book will entrance anyone who appreciates art, literature and the surprising possibilities that emerge when the two collide.