Bibliograph

Book marks, an artist's card catalog : notes from the library of my mind, Barbara Page

Type

Label

Book marks, an artist's card catalog : notes from the library of my mind, Barbara Page

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Book marks

Oclc number

1201658802

Responsibility statement

Barbara Page

Sub title

an artist's card catalog : notes from the library of my mind

Summary

"This alluring blend of art book and autobiography will capture the imagination. At its heart are hundreds of captivating 3 x 5-inch artworks--intricate collages and drawings created on old library checkout cards, each one representing a book that left an indelible mark on artist Barbara Page. She began creating these illustrated "book marks" as a colorful way to remember titles she was currently reading. Before long, Page embarked on a decade-long art project recreating her reading history, starting with picture books from early childhood. Every artwork serves as a bookmark for a moment in time connected to a specific title, and, as a collection, they present over seventy years of literature, politics, thought, and culture--as colored by one woman's reading choices. Some images may evoke your own memories of a story. Others may feel like little puzzles that require reading or rereading a title to interpret the artistic references." -- Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Plates 1-32 farm and fable -- Plates 33-88 daydreams and dislocations -- Plates 89-152 beginnings and endings -- Plates 153-224 romance and happenstance -- Plates 225 -312 time and again -- Plates 313-376 departures and arrivals -- Plates 377-408 epilogue collections and recollections

Target audience

general

Classification