Past Issues of JAB: The Journal of Artists' Books

JAB25|Spring 2009

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The JAB25 cover was designed by Jan Voss.
Editor's Statement
Brad Freeman
Guest Editor's Introduction
Tony White
About the Cover Art
Jan Voss
The Borowsky Center
Amanda D'Amico
I DIY CMYK (an homage)
Pattie Belle Hastings
Afterword Clifton Meador
Surrender
Cynthia Marsh
Book Reviews
Eugene Feldman & Aloísio Magalhães: Doorway to Portuguese by Clifton Meador
Play Nice: Sally Alatalo's Offset DoDa by Brandon Graham
Pyramid Atlantic Critic's Award
Elisabeth Long

JAB24|Fall 2008

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The JAB24 cover was designed by Tate Shaw and Chris Burnett with some additions by Brad Freeman.
Editor's Statement
Brad Freeman
Special Issue on the Intersections of Experimental Literature and Artists Books
Craig Dworkin & Kyle Schlesinger
Highway 24 Unvisited: Reeling Between The Road and Artists' Books From Toledo to Kansas City
Chris Burnett & Tate Shaw
Off the Road
Alastair Johnston
Chapbook Presses
A Note On Atticus/Finch David Pavelich
Poet as Maker Elisabeth Long
JAB Insert: Handmade-o-meter
Daniel Mellis

JAB23|Spring 2008

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The JAB23 cover was designed by Ken Gerleve
Editor's Statement
Brad Freeman
A Train Station For Billy
Stefan Soltek & Martina Weiss
Letterpress in the Mimeo Revolution
Kyle Schlesinger
In Memory: An Examination of Tatana Kellner's Paired Artist's Books, Fifty Years of Silence
Norah Hardin Lind
Reading Outside the Lines: Paratextual Analysis and Artists' Books
Jae Rossman
Book Reviews
Received and Noted

JAB22|Fall 2007

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The JAB22 cover was designed & letterpress printed by Elisabeth Long
Notes on the Way to the Glue Factory
Brad Freeman
Conference Overview
Elisabeth Long
Book Arts and the Desire for Theory
Matthew Brown
Comments
Richard Minsky
In Response
Barbara Maloutas
Shaping a New Critical Discourse for the Field
Mary Tasillo
Exhibiting Artists' Books: Problems and Solutions
Judith Hoffberg
Beyond Artifacts: Book Arts as Practice
Andrew Eason
Book Arts & Mainstream Publication
Jen Blair
Crossing Boundaries: New Conceptions for the Book
Jonathan Lill
Why you don't need to know how to make paper to read a book: Looking at Artists' Books Online
Phoebe Esmon & Amanda D'Amico
Graphic Design & the Book Arts
Karen Zimmermann
Contemporary Art & the Book
Tango Book Arts: Katie Murken, Lindsey Mears & Katie Baldwin
An Unsentimental Education
Audrey Niffenegger
Provocation: Student Revolution
Marshall Weber
Artists' Books Online
Johanna Drucker
Announcements
On the Printing of the JAB Covers by the Side of Bubbly Creek
Elisabeth Long

JAB21|Spring 2007

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The JAB21 cover was designed & letterpress printed by Brad Freeman and Daniel Mellis with printing help from Clifton Meador
To Figure Out What Is Happening: An Interview With Johanna Drucker
by Tate Shaw
Editioning One-of-a-Kind Multiples: Notes Toward An Understanding of Anselm Kiefer's Books
by Elisabeth Long
Viewing and Reading Artist Books
by Ward Tietz
Interview with Marshall Weber
by Tony White
Small Pond
by Clifton Meador
Plus reviews of books by Emily Larned, Tate Shaw, and Luke Strosnider

JAB20|Fall 2003

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JAB20 cover was designed by Ruth Laxson and printed in duotone at Nexus Press by Brad Freeman.
Last JAB, Book of Ruth, MCBA/Bolger Concept to Print Residency & Life Goes On by Brad Freeman, page 1
Thinking About Ten Years of JAB by Johanna Drucker, page 8
A Centering of Sorts: The Evolving Idea of Minnesota Center for Book Arts by Mary Jo Pauly, page 11
Alter-Aesthetics by Betty Bright, page 13

JAB19|Spring 2003

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JAB19 was written and designed by the Atlanta Poets Group - Sandy Baldwin, Mark Prejsnar, JS Van Buskirk, Zac Denton, Randy Prunty, James Sanders, Tedd Mulholland, Tracey Gagné, John Lowther. Cover design by REPUGNO. An audio CD with the APG is included. Offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press.

JAB18|Fall 2002

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JAB18 (including cover, inside cover & page 32) was designed and edited by Clifton Meador. Film was imageset through a production grant at the Institute for Electronic Art, School of Art and Design, Alfred University. Offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press.
Autism, Physiognomy & Letter Forms: The Faces of James Castle by Tom Trusky, page 2
Singular and Unique: A Publisher's Subjective Experience with the Untimely Art of the One-of-a-Kind Book by Thomas Günther, page 21
Debtor's Prison by Lewis Warsh and Julie Harrison by Joe Elliott, page 24
Pocketbooks: Overview of a Scottish publishing program by Clifton Meador page 26
Artist's pages Georgie the Elder by James Fossett, page 28

JAB17|Spring 2002

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JAB17 is an artist's book conceived and designed by Seana Biondolillo on the theme of Patriotism (includes the inserted book PRANCE by Seana Biondolillo). Offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press. The cover is in tritone and the inside is duotone throughout.

JAB16|Fall 2001

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The cover was designed by David Laufer and offset printed by Brad Freeman & Aaron Disner at Nexus Press. Aaron Disner designed JAB16 and his artist pages 2, 19, 20 & 27.
Low-Tech Chicanery as a Means of Cultural Resistance by Mandy Mastrovita, page 3
The State of Things: Free and in Flux, Book Art in Germany at the Beginning of the 21st Century by Uwe Warnke, page 11
Zum Stand der Dinge: entkommen, d.h. in Bewegung. Die Situation der Buchkunst in Deutschland am Beginn des 21. Jhs by Uwe Warnke, page 15
Words on Shapes by Schuldt, page 21
Simple Harmonic Motions by Hank Lazer & INK-A! Press by Charles Alexander page 25
A Book of the Book: Some Works & Projections About the Book & Writing, edited by Jerome Rothenberg & Steven Clay by Mitch Highfill, page 27
Scott McCarney by Jae Williams, page 29

JAB15|Spring 2001

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Cover designed by Karen Tauches and offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press.
JAB15 was a catalogue for the exhibition Book Unbound curated by Cathy Byrd at Agnes Scott College January 25, 2001 to March 30, 2001.
The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, page 4
Artist's Statement by Ruth Laxson, page 6
Artist's Statement by Emily McVarish, page 7
Artist's Statement by David Horton, page 8
Artist's Statement by Berwyn Hung, page 8
Artist's Statement by Miranda Maher, page 9
Artist's Statement by Tom Williams, page 10
Artist's Statement by Michele Shauf, page 11
Nexus Press by JoAnne Paschall, page 12
The R. C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking by Laura C. Lieberman, page 12
Artist's Statement by David Laufer, page 14
Artist's Statement by Mark Amerika, page 15
Artist's Statement by Stephanie Ognar, page 16
Artist's Statement by Marcia Cohen, page 17
Atlanta College of Art Library Artists' Books Collection by Moira Steven, page 18
Artist's Statement by Byron Clercx, page 19
Artist's Statement by Charles Hobson, page 20
Codex Espangliensis by Felicia Rice, page 20
Artist's Statement by Geoffrey Hendricks, page 22
Artist's Statement by Carol Barton, page 23
Artist's Statement by Anne Beidler, page 24
Artist's Statement by Tennessee Rice Dixon, page 25
Artists' Statement by Johanna Drucker & Brad Freeman, page 26
Checklist of the Exhibition, page 28
The Evolution of Books Time line compiled by Johanna Drucker, page 31

JAB14|Fall 2000

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Cover designed by Seana Biondolillo and offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press. Inside cover photos by Brad Freeman.
Artist's pages by Andrea Goldman, page 2
Topics in the History of Artists' Books: Tristram Shandy's Original Marbled Page by Karen Schiff, page 6
Conversations with Miranda Maher by Sue O'Donnell, page 12
Book Review: RIDING FIRST CLASS ON THE TITANIC: Photographs by Nathan Lyons by Brad Freeman, page 16
Artist's Statement by Matt Liddle, page 20
Valuvela - Artist's pages by Christian Bök, page 22
Artists' Books at the Brooklyn Museum of Art by Lois Martin, page 24
Don't Judge a Book by It's Cover: The Logic of Lisa Hart's Book Art by Diana McClintock, page 26
Books Received by editors, page 28

JAB13|Spring 2000

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The cover photograph is by Paolo Antonio Silveira. The cover was designed and offset printed by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press, Atlanta.
Notes from the Publisher & The Atlanta Book Prize by Brad Freeman, page 1
Presenting Gabriel Pomerand's Saint ghetto des prêts byÂ M. Kasper, page 6
Falling Into a review of the book by Johanna Drucker, page 9
In the Space of Blurred Boundaries by Karen Wirth, page 12
There Goes the Neighborhood a review of the book A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures in Writing, 1960 - 1980 by Gary Sullivan, page 14
Something Precious - Memory Pods: Ideas Coming into Form, an artist's statement by Sherry Lane, page 16
Artist's pages by Chris George, page 20
Artist's pages by Paul Rutkovsky, page 24
Book Arts on the Web by Julia Flanders, page 28
Conference Review: Book Arts 2000 & Beyond by Richard Zauft, page 30

JAB12|Fall 1999

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The covers were made from makeready sheets used in the printing of the artists' book Nova Reperta (1999) by Johanna Drucker and Brad Freeman. The type for the cover was set by Chris George.
JAB12 was a catalogue for the exhibition Experimental Narrative and Artists' Books curated by Johanna Drucker & Brad Freeman and held at Foster Hall Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - September 5, 1999 to September 30, 1999.
Turning the Page: A Celebration of the Arts of the Book by Leslie Koptcho, page 1
Experimental Narrative and Artists' Books by Johanna Drucker, page 3
Artist's Statement by Telfer Stokes, page 5
Artist's Statement by Phil Zimmermann, page 8
Artist's Statement by Helen Douglas, page 9
Artist's Statement by Bea Nettles, page 10
Artist's Statement by Judith Mohns, page 11
Artist's Statement by Francois Deschamps, page 13
Artist's Statement by Clifton Meador, page 14
Artist's Statement by Janet Zweig, page 16
Artist's Statement by Clarissa Sligh, page 17
Artist's Statement by Gary Richman, page 18
Artist's Statement by Ruth Laxson, page 19
Nova Reperta: New Inventions and Discoveries by Johanna Drucker & Brad Freeman, page 26
Checklist of the Exhibition, page 31

JAB11|Spring 1999

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The cover of JAB11 was designed and offset printed by Brad Freeman at SUNY Purchase, Center for Editions.
Interview with Betsy Davids by Johanna Drucker, page 1
Creative Meaning-making: Reading the Bookworks of Lise Melhorn-Boe by Tara Hyland, page 11
(Book)2 by Christian Bök, page 16
Dave Hornor, Teach Your Children to Tell Time; Joan Lyons, Twenty-Five Years Ago; Keith Smith, Book 184; Scott McCarney, Far Horizon, reviewed by the editors
Anton WÃ¼rth, page 22
Artist / Author: Contemporary Artists' Books, A Review of the Exhibition Catalog by Brad Freeman, page 25
Contemporary Russian Artists' Books by Mikhail Karasik, page 30
Poet's page by Buck Downs, inside back cover

JAB10|Fall 1998

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The cover of JAB10 was designed and letterpress printed by Emily McVarish at her studio in San Francisco.
The Buddhist Thirdclass Junkmail Oracle: The Life, Mysterious Death and Collected Poetry of d.a. levy by Mike Golden, page 1
Nostalgia for Relevance by Gary Sullivan, page 18
The Tibetan Stroboscope of d.a. levy by Steve Clay, page 20
Codex Espangliensis reviewed by Emily McVarish, page 22
Broaching Texts and Reading Material: Artist Books by Robbin Ami Silverberg by Lois Martin, page 25
In Memoriam: Todd Walker by Brad Freeman, page 31

JAB9|Spring 1998

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The cover and inside cover were designed and letterpress printed by Inge Bruggeman of INK-A! Press, Portland, OR.
General Theories of the Artist Book: Ulises Carrión/El Lissitzky/Et Al by Brad Freeman, page 1
La Symphonie Silencieuse by Jean-Claude Götting by Cynthia Young, page 5
No Problem, Brother! by Roy Villevoye and Between the Two by Helen Douglas, by Gary Sullivan, page 6
John Baldessari by Victoria Sancho, page 10
Books as a Way of Life: Rosmarie & Keith Waldrop by Johanna Drucker, page 15
Contingency and the Ontic Book: Some Readings of an Artist's Book by J.H. Kocman by Ted Purvis, page 21
Artist's pages, Brad Freeman, page 25 - 30

JAB8|Fall 1997

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The cover & inside cover of JAB8 were designed by Philip Zimmermann and offset printed by Brad Freeman at SUNY Purchase, Center for Editions.
Ars Combinatoria and the Book by Janet Zweig, page 1
Cosmological Wit: The Books of Ruth Laxson and Press 63+ by Pattie Belle Hastings, page 10
Essential Aspects of Subculture Periodicals in the GDR and their Place in Cultural History by Thomas GÃ¼nter, page 17
Profile / Interview: Cathy Courtney by Johanna Drucker page 26
The Problem with Role Models: Contextualizing So Cal 1970's FemArtBooks & the Matter with Contemporary Practice by Laurel Beckman, page 28

JAB7|Spring 1997

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The cover & inside cover of JAB7 were designed and offset printed by Brad Freeman at SUNY Purchase, Center for Editions.
Interview with Clif Meador by Brad Freeman, page 1
In the Life: Portrait of a Modern Sex-deviant by Sally Gardner, page 22
Art Theory Made Me Cry by Lucy Soutter review by editors, page 22
Feminisim and the Book Arts at the Woman's Building, Los Angeles by Alisa Scudamore, page24
Science Imagined by Ruth McGurk, page 30

JAB6| Fall 1996

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The cover & inside cover were designed & printed letterpress by Jules Remedios Faye in Sedro-Wooley, Washington.
Interview with Steve McCaffery by Johanna Drucker, page 1
Anne Moeglin: Response to Johanna Drucker by Anne Moeglin, page 12
The Art of Political Ephemera by Johanna Drucker, page 14
Artist's pages by Brad Freeman, pages 18 - 20
Emily McVarish, Wards of Obsolescence, review by Johanna Drucker, page 21
Artist's pages by Brad Freeman, pages 22 - 23
NW Tour, Books Received / Brief Reviews, Etc. by Brad Freeman, page 24

JAB5|Spring 1996

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The cover & inside cover of JAB5 were designed by Seana Biondolillo & offset printed by Brad Freeman at SUNY Purchase, Center for Editions.
Letter From Lower Broadway by Joe Elliott, page 1
Interview with Simon Cutts and Erica Van Horn, page 2
Ephemeral as Thought: Didier Mathieu - Sixtus Editions by Johanna Drucker, page 12
Report from London by Tanya Peixoto, page 14
Paul Zelevansky reviews The Portrait Series by Warren Lehrer, page 16
Documentary Photography in Books: a brief glance by Brad Freeman, page 18
The Names Have Been Changed: To Protect . . . by Gary Sullivan, page 24
The Rise of the Book in the Wake of Rain by Jim Trissel, page 26
Buy More Artists' Books by Carol Barton, page 30

JAB4|Fall 1995

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The cover was designed & letterpress printed by Clifton Meador at Hatch Show Print in Nashville.
The inside cover was letterpress printed by Brad Freeman in New Haven.
All Dressed Up with No Place To Go: The Failure of Artists' Books by Janet Zweig, page 1
Critical Necessities by Johanna Drucker, page 1
A Few Observations by Philip Zimmermann, page 9
Interview with Joan Lyons by Brad Freeman, page 11
A Mass Produced Product of High Order by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, page 18
Bertrand Dorny at the Musée Pompidou by Renée Riese Hubert, page 21
Artist's pages by Darren Wershler-Henry, pages 23 - 25
Letter to the Editor by Clive Phillpot, page26
Rambling Rant: Travels, Video, Typophiles . . . Books? by Brad Freeman, page 28
Hatch Show Print by Clifton Meador, page 30

JAB3|Spring 1995

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JAB Journeys Before the Glue Factory: Theorizing Production by Brad Freeman, page 1
The Dungeon of the Temple by Clifton Meador, page 1
Artists' Statements by Helen Douglas and Telfer Stokes, page 8
Why a Book is not a Painting by Susan Bee, page 14
Back to Basics: 3 Primers from Granary Books by Joe Elliott, page 16
Artist's pages by Seana Biondolillo, pages 20 and 21
Artist's pages by Brad Freeman, pages 22 - 25
Poetry, fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed, or flourish, in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish - William Blake, by Brad Freeman, page 26
Notes from JAB International Roving Reporter, Johanna Drucker, in Paris at The First Artistbook [sic] International or Ier Salon International du Livre d'Artiste, December 4, 1994 by Johanna Drucker, page 28
JAB: An Identity Crisis by Douglas Beube, page 30
Johanna Drucker Responds, page 31

Volume one, number two|Fall 1994

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The Public Life of Artists' Books: Questions of Identity by Johanna Drucker, page 1
Calendar-Art: Scenes from the Life of Raja Ravi Varma by M. Kasper, page 1
JAB Addendum by Brad Freeman and Johanna Drucker, page 3
New work by Scott McCarney and Keith Smith, page 12 & 13

Edition one, volume one|Spring 1994

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Artists' Books / Book-like Objects by Brad Freeman, page 1
ReViewing the Subway as a Book by Joe Elliott, page 1
Artist's page by Melissa Watson, page 10
Artists' page by Johanna Drucker and Brad Freeman (includes insert ART. BE ALL YOU CAN BE. by Brad Freeman) page 11
JAB logo by Melissa Watson, page 1