From the Archive: Six Artists' Books published by Guy Schraenen Editions, 1974
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Pristine as the year they were printed in 1974, these six publications from the editor Guy Schraenen seem to have arrived by time travel from half a century ago. Everything in their production is of that era. Their aesthetic properties have become more clear with time. They are each exemplary instantiations of a sophisticated European conceptual art sensibility of the 1970s. Two are larger format (approximately 10” x 13”), three are smaller octavo works, and one is a collection of artists’ postcards folded into a card stock cover. Each deserves at least a few points of individual attention.
From the Archive: Six Artists' Books published by Guy Schraenen Editions, 1974
From the Archive: Six Artists' Books…
From the Archive: Six Artists' Books published by Guy Schraenen Editions, 1974
Pristine as the year they were printed in 1974, these six publications from the editor Guy Schraenen seem to have arrived by time travel from half a century ago. Everything in their production is of that era. Their aesthetic properties have become more clear with time. They are each exemplary instantiations of a sophisticated European conceptual art sensibility of the 1970s. Two are larger format (approximately 10” x 13”), three are smaller octavo works, and one is a collection of artists’ postcards folded into a card stock cover. Each deserves at least a few points of individual attention.