Artist's Book Yearbook 2003-2005 - Book Arts - University of the ...

Introduction
Welcome to the 2003 – 2005 issue of the Artist’s
Book Yearbook, which has quietly grown by about
100 pages since the last issue. This is due not
only to an extended number of contributing
artists and writers, but also to the everincreasing
number of artists out there
making books (the listings entries never
seemed to stop coming!), all of which is very
encouraging. There also seems to be a good
number of artist’s book fairs going on this year
(see page 133), more evidence, if any was ever
needed that artists’ books are here to stay.
Talking about the growth of artists’ books
would not be complete without also offering
congratulations to Tanya Peixoto for a hugely
successful year of artists’ books promotion,
exhibitions and events at the Bookartbookshop
in Hoxton, London (see page 66 for details).
In this issue we have tried to show more
examples of international book arts, with essays
on artists’ books and their makers from
Germany, Italy, New Zealand and the USA as
well as the UK and Eire. I would like to thank
all of the writers who have given their time so
generously to write essays and reviews for this
issue; Elisabeth Fairman (Yale Center for
British Art), John Bently, Elizabeth Eastmond
(University of Auckland), Susan Johanknecht
(Gefn Press / Camberwell College of Arts),
Marshall Weber (Booklyn), Dr Stephen Bury
(The British Library), Andi McGarry,
Ulrike Stoltz (Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste,
Braunschweig, Germany) Sarah Jacobs,
Artgoes, Ann Simpson (The Scottish National
Gallery of Modern Art), Carrie Galbraith
(Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice,
Italy), Chris Taylor (University of Leeds),
Emma Hill (EMH Arts / Eagle Gallery) and
Guy Begbie (Herefordshire College of Art and
Design). Many thanks are also due to Andrew
Eason for all his thoughtfully written, in depth
pieces for the new section of artists’ books
submitted for review.
Thanks are also due to the artists who have
kindly contributed a page of artwork,
in order of appearance; Genevieve Waller,
Otto, Lucy May Schofield, Kate Farley,
Alec Finlay, Paul Laidler, Steve McPherson,
Kristen Merola and Andrew Lanyon.
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All of the information sections have been
updated and include organisations and centres
listings. Some of the organisations listed will
appear more than once as they come under
more than one category (i.e. places to study /
collections / print studios) and it seemed
sensible to list them in each so that they would
not be missed by a casual flick through the
book. There are more listings for the USA as I
had the opportunity to visit the Visual Studies
Workshop in Rochester last year and gathered
some new addresses whilst I was there. All the
contact telephone numbers have been listed
with UK dialling codes.
The book arts listings sections are compiled
from the information we discover or receive,
if you know of more organisations, collections,
book fairs, centres, bookshops etc. that you
think should be included then please get in
touch so we can add them to the next issue in
2005. If this is the first time you have come
across the Artist’s Book Yearbook and would like
to list your books in the next issue, then please
contact us to be added to our book arts mailing
list so we can keep you up to date.
Thanks are also due to; Neil Crawford for his
type suggestions, Paul Laidler for help with
slide scanning and opening rogue image files,
Tom Sowden for scanning countless slides and
(with his family) for the cover and end page
designs, and thank you to my mum for proof
reading the entire issue.
I would also like to thank the Centre for Fine
Print Research and the Faculty of Art, Media
and Design here at UWE, Bristol for allowing
me the pleasure of working on the Artist’s Book
Yearbook as part of my job. Without this
essential support it would not be possible to
produce each issue.
I hope you enjoy reading this issue of the
Yearbook as much as I have enjoyed putting it
all together.
Sarah Bodman