Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection

The Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection (JFABC) digital library is an online guide and finding aid for the rich collection of artists' publications available in Flaxman Library Special Collections. The JFABC brings together over twelve thousand artists' publications in all formats and media including: books, zines, multiples, video and audio recordings, digital works, periodicals, and other intimate works of art created by artists of local, national, and international significance. Focusing on materials published from the 1960s to the present, it is complemented by collections of reference works and exhibition catalogues to support in-depth research on artists' publishing.

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umool umool
Accession Number
10.54
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"'umool umool' is initially a magazine-formed project by several graphic designers in nalgae studio. the first issue was published to a hand...

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Recidivist iv
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Author: Sally, Zak
Accession Number
10.56
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CD is attached to back of front cover and consists of 21 min drone/noise music. Written, drawn, printed, recorded, hand collated, stapled...

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[Axiom]
Primary Creator
Author: Helmers, Thomas
Accession Number
10.58
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"Axiom is an artists' book that attempts to prove the existence of silence, by way of proving the presence of sound. The narrative of the...

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59 dreams: a nocturnal year
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Author: Pankratz, Teresa
Accession Number
10.61
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A visual and textual journal of a year of dreaming. Dreams are numbered; their textual description is on the recto, the accompanying drawing...

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A touch is all it takes
Primary Creator
Author: Charlston, Lin
Accession Number
10.62
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Small, hand-sewn booklet, reflective of the artist's interest in the complex relationship between plants and humans. "In 2012, I completed...

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Kollage magazine
Accession Number
10.64
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"An elegant collection of collage-inspired works ranging from traditional cut-and-paste to abstract assemblage, from moody photographic work...

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The Other Mistake
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Author: Yang, Stephanie Muqiu
Accession Number
10.65
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"AMBruno presented fifteen books with singularly diverse responses to the theme of [sic]. The [sic] collection of books was launched at...

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