FitzGerald began his company years ago to bring artists and writers together, facilitating collaboration in an age where isolation was defining art. Each book involves the collaboration of a minimum of 15 people working together on one project, sometimes over a period of years. Virtually every known method of creating visual art is represented in these books. In the case of some, modern techniques, such as computer-generated images, are used in combination with etching and engraving. A series of events will be held at Columbia during the course of the exhibition.
Catalogs are available at the Rare Book Manuscript Library.
Thanks to the generosity of Sylvia and Joseph Radov, the exhibited books are part of the Book Arts Collections of Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The Library's Book Arts Collection began in 1930 under the leadership of Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, the first rare books curator. Today, the Book Arts Collection, rich in the tools of the graphic arts as well as commercial and fine press printed books, is considered one of the best collections of its kind in the world.