1. Artist Books: Private Collector’s Approach Marvin A Sackner Co-Founder, Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

2. Decision Making Private collector can define an artist book according to his/her vision. Ineluctable modality of the visible! Private collector can integrate artist books into his/her collection without consensus. Public collection must conform with an established canon. Library? Prints or drawings section? Nowhere?

3. Definition of Artist Book Book composed by an artist(s). Who is an artist? Visual artist Writer Poet Performer Composer Content of artist book Images Words or word-like appearance (e.g., hieroglyphics, ideograms) Diagrams Musical notations

4. Extended Definition of Artist Book Artist book has a visually appealing presentation as a result of hands-on involvement by a visual artist, writer, poet, performer, or composer. Artist book is not a book in which fine typography is utilized for conventional fiction, non-fiction and poetry nor is it a book in which images and text or poems exist side by side throughout the book (Livre d’Artiste).

5. Types of Artist Books Artist Book (Mass Produced): 500 copies or more. Inexpensive: less than $35. Expensive: greater than $35. Artist Book (Limited Edition): 11 to 499 copies. Artist Book: 1 to 10 copies.

6. Examples of Mass Produced Artist Books Verbal/Visual Concrete poetry, visual poetry, sound poetry, performance art/poetry, shaped poetry, rebus, conceptual art, pictograph books. Unusual shaped books or bindings Diarist Experimental calligraphy Experimental fiction Flip pages and pop-up books

7. Visual Poetry

12. Concrete Poetry

13. Cancelled Text

14. Sound Poetry

16. Performance Poetry

17. Conceptual Art

18. Picture Poetry

21. Shaped Poetry

29. Letter Picture

32. Rebus

33. Letter Picture

34. Permutation

35. Visual Art

36. Children’s Book

37. Outside Art

38. Outsider Art

39. Visual Poetry

40. Book Object

41. Book Object – Children’s Book

42. Ancient Codex Binding

43. Unusual Binding

45. Unusual Shape

47. Tunnel Book

48. Diarist

56. Experimental Calligraphy

58. Autograph Book: Visual Poetry

60. Autograph Book: Concrete Poetry

61. Experimental Fiction

67. Flip Pages