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Introduction

The blind men and the artists book: Seeking a definition

A brief history of the artists book: Finding a context

Interviews with artists: Art and issues

The growth of Artists books: Exploration and clarification

Artists books in the future: Opportunities and challenges

Bibliography

 

Introduction


Before one can find reasons why a medium is growing it is important to
thoroughly understand what the medium is: how it is defined and what is
its history. I have set out to do this in Chapters One and Two.
         Chapter three looks at the state of the art by interviewing book artists,
talking with them about current issues and hearing them discuss their art.
         With this foundation I began to hypothesize as to why there has been
and continues to be an increasing number of people interested in artists
books in Chapter Four. Chapter Five looks to the future to see where to
medium may be headed.
         During the course of the thesis I often interchange the terms book arts,
book medium and artists books because there are term are used
interchangeably by critics, authors abd artists.