Book art object 2
Subtitle: second catalogue of the Codex Foundation biennial international book exhibition and symposium, Berkeley, 2011
By: David Jury and Peter Rutledge Koch
Contributors: Jury, David, editor, designer, photographer; Koch, Peter Rutledge, editor; Sandberg, Douglas, photographer
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9780911221503
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Book designers; Congresses; Artists' books; Book design; Fine books; Codex Foundation
Other titles: Book art object two; Second catalogue of the Codex Foundation biennial international book exhibition and symposium, Berkeley, 2011; Fate of the art.
Description: Book Art Object 2 Following the highly successful and acclaimed Book Art Object, published in 2008, Book Art Object 2 includes a record of the third biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium: "The Fate of the Art," held in Berkeley, California, 2011. Codex events showcase contemporary artist books, ﬁne press and ﬁne art editions produced by the world's most esteemed printers, designers, book artists, and artisans. This book contains 1133 images of 300 books by 140 artists/printers. Also presented is a selection of the papers delivered at the 2009 and 2011 symposia: Paul van Capelleveen, The National Library of the Netherlands: Changing books: art and the contemporary Dutch private press book. Antoine Coron, Head of Special Collections, Bibliothèque Nationale de France: Publishing artist books in France today. David Jury, designer and printer: The depiction of books in books. Ron King, artist: History and collaboration: Circle Press. Peter Rutledge Koch, Printer: The third stream: A view from the West back to the East. Juan Pascoe, Proprietor, Taller Martín Pescador, Michoacán: Presses in Mexico. Richard Ovenden, keeper of Special Collections and Associate Director, Bodleian Library, Oxford: The role of the book arts in a 21st-century research library. There are also dispatches from renowned artists/printers/curators: Johannes Strugalla and Ulrike Stoltz: Germany; Jason Dewinetz: Canada; Des Cowley: Australia; Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden: United Kingdom; Sandro Berra: Italy.
Notes: Issued in conjunction with the third biennial Codex International Book Fair and Symposium, "The Fate of the art," held at Berkeley, California, 2011.

"Editors: David Jury and Peter Rutledge Koch. Designer: David Jury. Photographer: Douglas Sandberg. (Section dividing photography: David Jury.) Production: Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bound in white cloth with red letter on cover and spine, red illustrated endpapers; with dust jacket.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / David Jury; title: Supporters of the Codex Foundation. Board of directors and supporting institutions ; Individuals, sponsors, supporters, and volunteers ; Friends and advisors; title: Introduction / Peter Rutledge Koch; title: Speakers / Paul Van Capelleveen ; Antoine Coron ; Ron King ; Juan Pascoe ; Richard Ovenden; title: Exhibitors. Artists, designers, printers, and publishers; title: Dispatches / Johannes Strugalla and Ulrike Stoltz : Germany ; Jason Dewinetz : Canada ; Des Cowley : Australia ; Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden : United Kingdom ; Sandro Berra : Italy; title: Studios and workshops. Dmitry Sayenko : Nikodim Books ; Peter Rutledge Koch : Editions Koch ; Victoria Bean : Arc Editions ; Ido Agassi : Even Hoshen ; Crispin and Jan Elsted : Barbarian Press ; Juan Pascoe : Taller Martín Pescador ; Martha Hellion : M H Artist Books ; David Carruthers : Papeterie Saint-Armand ; Veronika Schäpers ; David Jury : Fox Ash Press; title: Endmatter. The origin and purpose of the Codex Foundation ; On the just shaping of the Codex.