Thursday, September 3, 2009

The 2009 NY Art Book Fair

Printed Matter, a non-profit organization for artists' publishings, artist books, monographs, catalogues etc. is hosting the 4th annual NY Book Art Fair from Oct 2-4 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center.

This event is free of charge, if you are in NYC and give a damn about art you should find your way there!

Keep your eyes open for our latest publishing . . . Thirtyfour Parking Lots . . . via Google Maps by Travis Shaffer.


Thursday, August 13, 2009

Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles . . . via Google Maps




Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles...
...via Google Maps

©2008

Artists' book ; offset-printed ; glue bound ; color ; 14 x 21.5 cm. ; [48] pp. ; edition size 400 ; unsigned and unnumbered
$24.46 (the price of Ed Ruscha’s first artist book $3.50 in 1963, run through an inflation calculator).

Artists' book playing on title by Edward Ruscha. Revisiting Ruscha's seminal book of the same title. This book features 30 images re-representing the parking lots photographed in 1967 by Art Alanis for Ed Ruscha. The images are screen captures taken from Google Maps, taking advantage of the cool, detached perspective provided by satellite surveillance.


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Welcome to the button press, a publication venture of contemporary artist travis shaffer. You can expect to be updated on new artist's books, editons, other multiples and an upcoming etsy.com store, as well as other things we think you should be aware of.