Innovation, inspiration, words, images, ideas, tradition, ... artists books reflect all these. Something special to invest in.
Australia Suite at Maitland Gallery
There are more short videos on the YouTube site
A couple of good places to start looking at artists books by Australian artists are the Grahame Galleries + Editions website and the Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem website where you can browse through extensive private collections of books made by printmakers, photographers, photomonteurs, painters, writers and poets.
The State Library of Queensland has a virtual exhibition and quite a lot of information in its website.
Black and White Books, the first of the Artisan Books annual exhibitions, was held in Melbourne in 2005. Work from the more recent exhibitions can be seen on the Artisan Books website.
There are some artists who make artists books on the the ABC's Art Post website which is "... an interactive website and short video series for TV broadcast which showcases artists working throughout Australia.
Also Diane Fogwell has a selection of her wonderful prints and books on her website.
Articles of interest
Sarah Bodman's article about the 2006 Focus on Artists Books conference and her impressions of the artists book scene in Australia is on the Umbrella website. Check out the Artspace Mackay website for information about Focus on Artists Books and the Australian national Artists Book Prize.
In the July 2007 issue of Australian Art Review, Sasah Grishin wrote an article that looked at the artists book and public collections in Australia.
Forthcoming exhibitions of artists books in Australia are listed on the Events page.
