Published by Impact Press. The ABYB is a biennial reference publication focusing on international activity in the field of book arts. It serves as a resource for librarians, artists, academics, students, collectors, dealers, publishers and researchers, in fact anyone interested in artists’ books!
Detailed Description
The 2022-2023 issue has essays and articles by: Imi Maufe; David Solo; S. Pringly Binder; Maria White; Jeff Thomas, Jennie Hinchcliff & Chad Johnson; Moritz Küng & John McDowall; Robert Bolick; Tanya Peixoto & Natalia Zagorska-Thomas; Susan Hartigan; Stephen Clarke; Amir Brito Cadôr; Dino Alfier; Rob van Leijsen; Zine Without a Crown.
It also contains lots of useful information on: Artist’s Book Publishers & Presses; Bookshops for artists’ books; Artist’s Book Dealers; Artist’s Book Galleries & Centres; Collections, Libraries & Archives; Artist’s Book Fairs and Events; Book Arts Courses and Workshops; Design, Print & Bind; Print Studios; Journals and Magazines; New Reference Publications; Organisations, People, Projects and Societies.
420+ works in the Artists’ Books Listings section. Here you will find new books made (or in the making), by artists in: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.
Cover design: Tom Sowden
Artists' Pages: Yasushi Cho (Japan) David Faithfull (UK) David Kjellin (Sweden) Ruta Prusinskaite (UK) Stevie Ronnie (UK) Street Road’s Summer Library project (USA) Genevieve Taricco & Rachel Wingate (UK).
Edited by Sarah Bodman. Published by Impact Press at The Centre for Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. ISBN 978-1-906501-22-8. 292pp, 21 x 29.7 cm, black and white throughout, 503 illustrations. Publication date: January 2022.
