Artists’ Books: Highlights from the Kohler Art Library

Artists’ Books: Highlights from the Kohler Art Library was exhibited November 15, 2001 – March 15, 2002, at the following venues: Memorial Library – Special Collections Department, Kohler Art Library, Memorial Library lobby and second floor west. The exhibit was co-curated by Lyn Korenic, Director of the Kohler Art Library, and Tracy Honn, Director of the Silver Buckle Press.

• Introduction

  Artists Books at the Kohler Art Library: A Laboratory for Learning The exhibit Artists’ Books: Highlights from the Kohler Art Library is […]

• Permission

  All images in this exhibit come from books housed in the Kohler Art Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison. As owners of the physical […]

• Inventing the Body

  A printer’s exquisite corpse. A printer’s exquisite corpse. [Madison, WI]: Published by Silver Buckle Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, 1992. Lewis Koch. […]

• The Poetic Body

  Offering time: songs Karen S. Kunc. Offering Time: songs. By Rabindranath Tagore. Lincoln, NE: Blue Heron Press, 2001. DeLoss McGraw. Janet and […]

• The Metaphoric Body

  Vessels & voids Ruth Lingen. Vessels & voids: physical conditions and most remarkable phenomena of the world. Illustrated by Donald Traver. New York, […]

• Liberation of the Page

  High tension Philip Zimmermann. High tension: Montage ’93. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1993. Ken Campbell. Tilt: the black flagged streets. […]

• Language

  The case for the burial of ancestors. Book 1 Paul Zelevansky. The case for the burial of ancestors. Book 1 [manuscript]. [1981?] […]

• Science and Reading

  The art of simple note-taking Diane Fine and Tracy Honn. The art of simple note-taking. [Plattsburgh, NY]: Moonkosh Press: [Madison, WI]: Ragpicker […]

• Politics

  Lucha por la vida=Struggle for life Ral Veroni. Lucha por la vida=Struggle for life. Rosendale, NY: Women’s Studio Workshop, 2000. Maureen Cummins. […]

• Place

  Rejected from Mars Ric Haynes. Rejected from Mars. New York, NY: Granary Books, 1995. Tracy Doreen [Dietzel]. Doreen getaway guide to Paris. […]

• Beauty and Pleasure

  John’s apples Walter Hamady. John’s apples: thirteen paintings. By John Wilde; twelve poems by Reeve Lindbergh. [Mount Horeb, WI]: Perishable Press Limited, […]

• Image and Text

  Dorothy during wounded knee Katherine Kuehn. Dorothy during wounded knee: a portrait at sixteen: poem. By Karen A. Snider; illustration by Patricia […]

• Collaboration

  A chronology of important events Phyllis McGibbon and Barbara Tetenbaum. A chronology of important events: as originally published in the Hill’s manual, […]

• The Structure of the Book

  Checkbook Maureen Cummins. Checkbook. Brooklyn, NY: M. Cummins, 1996. Julie Chen. Bon Bon mots: a fine assortment of books. Berkeley, CA: Flying […]

• The Visual Book

  Scrutiny in the great round Tennessee Rice Dixon. Scrutiny in the great round. New York, NY: Granary Books, [1992-93]. Ruth Antrich Ely. […]

• The Interactive Book

  Earth III Daniel E. Kelm. Earth III. Easthampton, MA: [Wide Awake Garage?, 1989]. Clarissa T. Sligh. What’s happening with momma? [Rosendale, NY]: […]

• From the Archives

  Flora Walter Hamady. Flora; poems by Ann McGarrell; drawings by Jack Beal. Mt. Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1990. The Kohler Art Library […]

• Other Venues

  Memorial Library Lobby: Kevin Osborn. Wide open. Arlington, VA: K. Osborn, c1984. Henrik Drescher. Too much bliss. New York, NY: Granary Books, […]

• Artists’ Biographies

  Adams, Maryline Poole. Antrich, Ruth A. Ruth was born in London, England, and emigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s. She […]

• Calendar of Events

  Some Readings by Buzz Spector, Professor and Chair, Department of Art, Cornell University. Thursday, February 7, 2002, 4:30 p.m. Special Collections, Memorial […]

• In Memory

  In Memory of William C. Bunce (1936-2002) William C. Bunce served as director of the Kohler Art Library from 1966 until his […]

• Bibliography

  Books Breaking the bindings: American book art now: an exhibition of creative bookmaking produced in the United States since 1980, Elvehjem Museum […]

• Acknowledgements

  Poster art by Diane Fine. Poster printed by Tracy Honn at Silver Buckle Press, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. This virtual exhibit was […]