The Thing the Book: A Monument to the Book as Object

By John Herschend, Will Rogan, Jonn Herschend

Book Overview

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
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452117209
• ISBN13: 9781452117201
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.1"