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The Thing The Book

A Monument to the Book as Object
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Will Rogan ; John Herschend
What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a bo...
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What exactly is a book? This wildly inventive and thought-provoking volume asks that question of more than 30 of today's top creative visionaries, from Ed Ruscha to Miranda July, John Baldessari to Jonathan Lethem. Each traditional element of a book—from endpapers to footnotes—is assigned to a different artist or writer invited to use the space as a creative playground. The result is a collaborative group art project like no other. A ribbon bookmark by David Shrigley, page numbers by Tauba Auerbach, endnotes by Rick Moody—each contribution surprising and brilliant. This one-of-a-kind book will entrance anyone who appreciates art, literature, and the surprising possibilities that emerge when the two collide.




Format: Hardcover
Pages: 156
Size: 8.375 x 10.375
Publication Date: 9/23/2014
ISBN: 9781452117201
San Francisco–based artists Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan are curators of THE THING Quarterly, an experimental periodical that takes the form of a different physical object each issue.

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