As an often over-looked and ephemeral form of art, mostly associated with contemporary artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, I was interested in seeing which of these illusive textual objects our editors were most fond of…
I’ve noticed that many if not all of the texts our editors chose can be found, and read (if not under glass) at the annual New York Art Book Fair and Los Angeles Art Book Fair, held in late September and mid January respectively. You can find out more about this growing medium and contemporary artists at Printed Matter, INC
Joe Milazzo:
1) An Anthology of Chance Operations (ed. La Monte Young).
2) A Humument (Tom Phillips)
3) Reading Dick & Jane with Me (Clarissa Sligh)
Brett Zehner:
1) Arcs, circles and grids (Sol LeWitt)
2) New York I Love You, Crazy City (Isa Genzken)
3) B-Car (Chris Burden)
Caleb Beckwith:
1) Close-Cropped Tales (John Baldessari)
2) Late Summer (Gil Gentile)
3) WATER YAM (George Brecht)
Laura Vena:
1) Codex Seraphinianus (Luigi Serafi)
Feliz Lucia Molina
1) I love The Book (Allison Knowles)
Alex Vladi:
1) The Islanders and Onomatopoeia (Charles Avery)
2) Sputnik (Joan Fontcuberta)
3) House of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski)
Sueyeun Juliette Lee:
1) Writings (Agnes Martin)
Janice Lee:
1) Various Works ( Paul Soulellis)
Tom Trudgeon:
1) Tennessee Fish (Josh Smith)
2) FESPA Digital / FRUIT LOGISTICA (Wolfgang Tillmans)
3) Grapefruit (Yoko Ono)
Cole Cohen:
1) Close to the Knives (David Wojnarowicz)
