Holidays Week One - Essay

During the non-teaching period, my focus has been to plan and begin writing my essay for assessment item two. I have chosen to do the topic on Artist's Books.

What is an artist's book? What differentiates an artist's book from a sketch book or visual journal? 

Your response must demonstrate an awareness of the debate of this topic among book artists and scholars. You will need to look at texts by writers such as Johanna Drucker, Clive Phillpot, Cathy Courtney, or Sarah Bodman. In the end you should draw some conclusions of your own, with reference to specific examples of artist's books.

I've chosen to do this topic in order to expand my knowledge on artist's books, explore different ideas on what can be classified as an artist's books and gain a stronger personal idea and definition of my own.

In order to do this essay I have written points to research and expand on and also to help me with the structure of the essay.

These are the points to be considered;

- A brief history on Artist's Books 

• What are they?
• How they are made
• Types?
• Author/Artist involvement
• When are they made and why?
• What is their purpose - audience?

FIND EXAMPES

- Difference between livre d'artiste and an artists book - the artists book movement

- Difference between artist's book and visual journal - identifying parts

- Artists views on Artist's Books

- Scholars views?

- William Blake - first artist's book?

- Johanna Drucker vs. Phillpot, Courtney or Bodman

- Artist's Books and the 20thC

- My conclusion and personal definition - argue case, use specific examples