The Silent Scream
The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists presents not
only a companion catalogue to an exhibition held at the Monash University Rare
Books Library, but also provides insights into 77 influential books and works presented
in book form in the past 90 years. Monica Oppen and Peter Lyssiotis, both practicing
artists, lend their unique perspective in the social content and the techniques
behind the production of these books.
The catalogue presents phases of books by artists in three sections with an additional
category for those works that stand on the periphery of the blurred line defining
"artists' books." The sections are organized chronologically beginning in 1918 and
extending to today. Sections include "Across Two World Wars 1918-1950," "Cold War
in a Nuclear Era: Alienation and Engagement 1960-1990," Imperialism, Fundamentalism,
Democracy, Oil, and its Shadow," and "Along the Tangent: Books on the Edge." Beginning
with essays by Walter Struve, Scott McQuire, Humphrey McQueen and Des Cowley, the
sections serve to analyze each period's distinctive characteristics.
In a field where few books cover such a wide range of work, The Silent Scream both
educates and entertains through informed commentary. It focuses on a particular
field of ideas: social and political, and on a particular area of book production:
books made by artists. With over 200 color illustrations, this book is beautiful
and formatted in an original style.
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Multiple, Limited, Unique
Multiple, Limited, Unique is the culmination of the three-year effort of the Center
for Book Arts Collections Initiative. It offers an overview of the history and development
of book arts over the past 40 years, and examines the role of the Center in both
nurturing and promoting innovative artists and preserving traditional artistic
practices.
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Fine & Dirty
This book explores letterpress printing in the twenty-first century. By looking
at recent developments in letterpress and examining art made by several influential
artists, this catalogue shows many facets of fine press printing such as typography,
book design, binding, and papermaking. It also examines the cause of the radical
change in the letterpress medium and investigates the rebirth of letterpress printing
as an art.
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