Monday, October 27, 2008

Contemporary Artists' Books Conference in NYC: Books of Interest

Based on the three days of presentations, this is my Christmas Wishlist:

From Picture Box Inc., Publishers:
Gore, Black Dice
Elle-Homour, Julie Doucet
The Magnificent Excess of Snoop-Dogg, Katherine Bernhardt
For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis (not released yet)

Any one of North Drive Press's Mobile Group Exhibitions (though 1,2 and 3 are sold out, 4 is still available and 5 is on its way)

From J&L Books:
The American War, Harrell Fletcher
The Company of Strangers, Gus Powell
Ok Ok Ok, Mike Slack

Published by Bookworks in London:
Err, David Shrigley
Meeting #13, Jonathan Monk
After the Freud Museum, Susan Hiller

From Susan Meisalas:
Carnival Strippers

From Joachim Schmid:
Big Fish
Flashing
On the Road
Self
Sites


From Rirkrit Tiravanija (find his work on Amazon and in the Guggenheim):
Supermarket
Soccer Half-Time Cookery Book
Nothing


From Joseph Grigely
Conversation Pieces
Blueberry Surprise


Likely found at Printed Matter, NY:
How to Disappear in America, Seth Price
Book, George Brecht
Statements, Lawrence Weiner
Choosing: Green Beans, John Baldessari

My new favorite testosterone-fueled publisher from LA, 2nd Cannon:
Black and White Reproductions of the Abstract Expressionists, Brian Kennon
Desertshore, Jan Tumlir and Brian Kennon
and if I get only one more book this year, God, let it be
The Cindy Shermans I'd Like to Fuck, Brian Kennon

If I get my hands on any of these, I will review them for this blog.

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