DR. CORNELIA LAUF

Art historian, independent curator, and writer, based in Rome, Italy.

Specialties include monographs, collection-building, custom curatorial projects, artist’s books, artist management, expertise in certificates by artists, and design/applied art by artists.

The curatorial process is shown in a printed poster depicting the curriculum of Cornelia Lauf, designed in 2006, by Gianpaolo D’Ambrosio.

Visual cv [front]

Visual cv [back]

Complete cv

Email Instagram

02 ARTIST/AUTHOR - CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ BOOK

INDEX

Artist/Author, Contemporary Artist's Books [1998]

Written and edited by Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot
Published by Distributed Art Publishers and American Federation of Arts.

Traveling exhibition:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, Coral Gables, Florida; and others.
Designed by Renée Green
Photography by David Heald
Exhibition Design by Richard Merkle

Accompanying the first exhibition to focus on the role of artists' books in contemporary art, Artist/Author addresses the entire spectrum of contemporary artist book production--from fanzines to books of visual poetry, sketchbooks to illustrated books, commercial fashion catalogs to photo albums. With roots in illuminated manuscripts and the 19th century livre de luxe, the modern artist's book gained momentum in the 1960s with radical new approaches to the book as an autonomous art form. Spurred on more recently by the advent of desktop publishing, the field of artist's books has continued to expand. With numerous reproductions of a wide range of artists' books as well as informative text, this book is useful for bibliophiles and art lovers alike.

"The personal immediacy of artists' books capture the imagination and involve the reader in developing alternative ways of viewing the world. Carefully compiled by Lauf and Phillpot, an independent art historian and a former librarian at the Museum of Modern Art, respectively, this book's informative essays and striking collection of graphic images make it a fine example of the genre it attempts to define. Ranging from limited editions to posters to comics, the works presented here mirror the multiple styles and varied concerns of today's creative community. New technology has led to innovations in graphic design, computer-generated publications, and the blurring of distinctions between art and advertising, expanding and shifting artistic boundaries. This book provides both an intelligent study of these myriad topics for students of contemporary art and a visual delight for casual readers. Recommended for all libraries collecting books on contemporary art."
-- Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, New York

"Artist/Author: Contemporary Artists' Books is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in artists publications."
--Nancy Princenthal, On Paper

INDEX NEXT