Artist talk: What is an artist's book?

Maureen O'Neill (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description of Activity

On show within our Craft Space from January 2017, 'The Ministry of Books' is a unique collection of art objects created by artists, and acquired by staff from the BA (Hons) Illustration course where the collection is located.
O'Neill will talk about the nature of artist's books, the background of the collection, and share some of her favourite artworks which have been sourced from across the globe.

Period	19 Jan 2017
Held at	Aspex Visual Arts Trust, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	Regional

Keywords

artists' books, archives

Documents & Links

The Ministry of Books is a research initiative which aims to support, promote, encourage and strengthen the production of Artists' Books at the University of Portsmouth. It holds a visual archive of our collection and will grow through purchases, donations and staff and student production. This blog will hold a virtual library where students and staff can access our collection on line and then view and handle these for research and inspiration.

Artist talk: What is an artist's book?

Description of Activity

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Research outputs

The Ministry of Books: creation and use of an online visual database for artists' books

Re: exhibition of experimental artists' books