Media: artist's book

Derivation of the Laws of the Symbols of Logic From the Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind

Created in 1990 by Roman Verostko

an artist’s book containing an excerpt of writings from George Boole’s: “The Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind”, with illustrations by Roman Verostko (with Alice Wagstaff assisting), and a preface by Roger F. Malina printed and published by: Saint Sebastian Press, Minneapolis, 1990. text from the justification page: “All the illustrations in this […]


Derivation of the Laws of the Symbols of Logic From the Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind

Created in 1990 by Roman Verostko

an artist’s book containing an excerpt of writings from George Boole’s: “The Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind”, with illustrations by Roman Verostko (with Alice Wagstaff assisting), and a preface by Roger F. Malina printed and published by: Saint Sebastian Press, Minneapolis, 1990. text from the justification page: “All the illustrations in this […]


Derivation of the Laws of the Symbols of Logic From the Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind

Created in 1990 by Roman Verostko

an artist’s book containing an excerpt of writings from George Boole’s: “The Laws of the Operations of the Human Mind”, with illustrations by Roman Verostko (with Alice Wagstaff assisting), and a preface by Roger F. Malina printed and published by: Saint Sebastian Press, Minneapolis, 1990. text from the justification page: “All the illustrations in this […]


The Book of Lightness and Forgetting

Created in 2025 by Shahzia Sikander

images and description of the work are courtesy of the artist and Take 5 Editions: “An artist book published in 2025 by éditions Take5, Geneva, under the editorial direction of Céline Fribourg Artworks by Shahzia Sikander Linen-covered “lotus book” with dry embossing and glossy hot stamping on cover Text by Prof. Scott Small Graphic Design […]


See No Evil: Moth

Created in 2021 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description of the work is courtesy of the artist: See No Evil: Moth is a drawing and text work in the form of a diary, created by a fictive, anxious, urban person whose life span straddles the 20th and 21st centuries. Each book shows a shaded side of the self; and the text is a […]


Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Paperback Edition Set)

Created in 2015 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description is of the work is courtesy of the artist: Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Paperback Edition Set) comprises 10 different paperback volumes, each sold separately at $18.50 and as a set. The Paperback is arranged by the dewey decimal system comprising volumes 700.100 – 709.109, each with its own unique color. These beautiful […]


Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Purple)

Created in 2015 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description of the work is courtesy of the artist: Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Purple) is an algorithmically rendered, partly fictionalized autobiography of an artist. As in a medieval Book of Hours, various genres of original writings are represented: diary entries, dreams, academic papers, fictive prose, poetry, plays, and video and installation scripts. Numbered […]


Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Orange)

Created in 2015 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description of the work is courtesy of the artist: Solace and Perpetuity: A Life Story (Orange) is an algorithmically rendered, partly fictionalized autobiography of an artist. As in a medieval Book of Hours, various genres of original writings are represented: diary entries, dreams, academic papers, fictive prose, poetry, plays, and video and installation scripts. Numbered […]


Diorama Book II

Created in 2013 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description of the work is courtesy of the artist: Diorama Books is a series of books-as-objects. The series encompasses a four book quadrilogy: Diorama Book I, Diorama Book II, Ziggurat, and Flatworld. Each feature excerpts of text along the fore edges and archaic images along the fac;ades. Diorama Books borrows imagery from historical moments sourced […]


See No Evil: Urchin

Created in 2021 by Adrianne Wortzel

Description of the work is courtesy of the artist: See No Evil: Urchin is a drawing and text work in the form of a diary, created by a fictive, anxious, urban person whose life span straddles the 20th and 21st centuries. Each book shows a shaded side of the self; and the text is a […]