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1	Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination more books like this by Johanna Drucker The letters of the alphabet have been the object of speculation since their invention almost 4000 years ago. The symbols represent sounds, yet they exist in their own right, often invested with quasi-magical power. This book examines the many imaginative, often idiosyncratic ways in which the letters of the alphabet have been assigned value in ... see all copies from £8.18! new only from £19.16! \| first editions
2	Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Charles Bernstein Charles Bernstein introduces this collection of critical essays by Drucker, who is known for her scholarly interest in typography and the physical properties of texts and books. The work collected here was previously published in academic and literary journals, and represents her critical inquiry spanning the early 1980s thorough 2000. see all copies from £9.71! new only from £10.52! \| first editions
3	The Century of Artists Books more books like this by Johanna Drucker The Century of Artists' Books is the first full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentieth century art-form. This work situates artists' books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts from Russian Futurism and Surrealism to Fluxus, Conceptual Art, to Postmodernism. Designed to raise critical and ... see all copies from £17.87! first editions
4	Graphic! Design History: A Critical Guide more books like this by Johanna Drucker "Graphic Design History" traces the social and cultural role of visual communication from prehistory to the present, connecting what designers do every day to a history of innovative graphic forms and effects. It offers a unique and exciting set of critical lenses for thinking about the cultural purpose and historical dimensions of the graphic ... see all copies from £40.68! new only from £40.68!
5	Theorizing Modernism: Visual Art and the Critical Tradition more books like this by Johanna Drucker "Theorizing Modernism" is a re-reading of the modernist tradition in the visual arts that provides a unique view of the history of modern art and art criticism. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant ... see all copies from £6.34! new only from £7.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Century of Artists' Books more books like this by Drucker Johanna, Johanna Drucker, Holland Cotter (Introduction by) Johanna Drucker's "The Century of Artists' Books is "the seminal full-length study of the development of artists' books as a 20th-century art form. By situating artists' books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. ... see all copies from £11.26! new only from £18.93!
7	The Book as Art: Artists' Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts more books like this by Krystyna Wasserman, Johanna Drucker, Audrey Niffenegger (Text by) Culled from over eight hundred unique or limited-edition volumes held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts these books explore the form as a container for ideas. Descriptions of the works are accompanied by colorful illustrations and reflections by their makers, along with essays by leading scholars and a lively introduction by the most ... see all copies from £24.27! new only from £24.27! \| first editions
8	Sweet Dreams: Contemporary Art and Complicity more books like this by Johanna Drucker Johanna Drucker's "sweet dream" is for a new and more positive approach to contemporary art. Calling for a revamping of the academic critical vocabulary used to discuss art into one more befitting current creative practices, Drucker argues that contemporary art is fully engaged with material culture--yet still struggling to escape the oppositional ... see all copies from £15.80! new only from £15.80! \| first editions
9	M/E/A/N/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists' Writings, Theory, and Criticism more books like this by Susan Bee (Editor), Mira Schor (Editor), Johanna Drucker (Foreword by) "M/E/A/N/I/N/G" brings together essays and commentary by over a hundred artists, critics, and poets, culled from the art magazine of the same name. The editors - artists Susan Bee and Mira Schor - have selected the liveliest and most provocative pieces from the maverick magazine that bucked commercial gallery interests and media hype during its ... see all copies from £13.07! new only from £13.07! \| first editions
10	Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carter more books like this by Margaret Re, James Mosley, Johanna Drucker In a career that has spanned more than forty years, Matthew Carter has designed many of the typefaces that we see every day in and on publications, books, signs, and screens. Carter's celebrated typefaces include such stalwarts as Galliard, Mantinia, and Verdana. In 1975, he created the now-pervasive Bell Centennial specifically for use in phone ... see all copies from £38.81! new only from £72.76!
11 view cover	A Girl's Life more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Susan Bee A graphic melodrama of romance, crime, and passion, A Girl's Life addresses adolescent angst in all of its fashionably gory details. The snares and pitfalls of contemporary life, which all girls must struggle to survive, are here revealed through darkly comic and fiendishly noir prose, accompanied by lurid collages and unusual typography. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £15.21! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Dual Muse: The Writer as Artist, the Artist as Writer more books like this by Johanna Drucker Conceived as a project of two disciplines, this text forms part of an exhibition and symposium which explores the thinking about the visual arts and literary writing. The project exemplifies the nature of humanities research at the Washington University through the efforts of individuals in various disciplines to shape the discussion about the ... see all copies from £24.91! new only from £44.64! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Visible Word: Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923 more books like this by Johanna Drucker Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In this text, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. She argues that Futurist, Dadaist, and Cubist artists emphasized materiality ... see all copies from £15.89! new only from £17.60! \| first editions
14 view cover	Night Crawlers on the Web by Johanna Drucker The slim volume can be appreciated for itself, or considered as an tangible extension of Drucker's theories about books, typography, and book art. In Night Crawlers she paints a somewhat Gothic landscape peopled with hi-tech, lo-cal humanoids who speak in a language built largely around the ubiquity of consumer computers. see all copies from £6.53! new only from £9.73!
15 view cover	American Art 1975-1995: From the Whitney Museum more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Whitney Museum Of American Art Text by Johanna Drucker. Interview with David Ross by Ida Gianelli. Representing a virtual who's-who of American art over the last two decades, this book-length catalog is an essential illustrated overview of the ever-shifting state of contemporary culture. Featuring works by such noted figures as Basquiat, Frankenthaler, Haring, Newman, Reinhardt ... see all copies from £12.13! new only from £25.15!
16 view cover	Graphic! Design History more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Emily McVarish see all copies from £54.24! new only from £63.23!
17 view cover	Neon Boneyard: Las Vegas A-Z more books like this by Judy Natal, Johanna Drucker (Introduction by) The garish glow of neon was part of what put Las Vegas on the map--quite literally. The city's most distinctive form of expression, neon signs tell an elaborate story of the history of Las Vegas, from their debut in 1929 at the onset of the Depression, when their seductive tones lured travelers through the Mojave Desert to part with scarce dollars ... see all copies from £17.85! new only from £20.13! \| first editions
18 view cover	M E A N I N G-CL more books like this by Susan Bee (Editor), Mira Schor (Editor), Johanna Drucker (Foreword by) "M/E/A/N/I/N/G" brings together essays and commentary by over a hundred artists, critics, and poets, culled from the art magazine of the same name. The editors - artists Susan Bee and Mira Schor - have selected the liveliest and most provocative pieces from the maverick magazine that bucked commercial gallery interests and media hype during its ... see all copies from £34.58! new only from £34.65!
19	Dark Decade more books like this by Johanna Drucker see all copies from £5.54! first editions
20 view cover	Don't Pay Any Attention to Him, He's 90% Water: The Cartooning Career of Boris Drucker more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Special Collections Research Center For more than a half-century, Boris Drucker has created a livelihood and a reputation as a cartoonist. His drawing style and humour has graced the pages of such diverse publications as the "Saturday Evening Post", "Playboy", "Family Circle", and "The New Yorker". Drucker's work is a record of the changing American culture, and he takes as his ... see all copies from £12.03! new only from £15.28!
21 view cover	Families of Value more books like this by Jane Drucker, Johanna Drucker This collection contains stories from gay and lesbian parents from all walks of life, told in their own words, about the joys and particular struggles of parenthood. It is an inspiring and uplifting celebration of diversity, as well as an important contribution to the ongoing debate over "family values" that continues to rage in this country and ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £5.76! \| first editions
22	Link 8: Codex by Johanna; Lupton Drucker, Ellen; Schreiber, Rachel; Sebring, Bill see all copies from £11.06!
23 view cover	History of The/My Word: Fragments of a Testimonial to History, Some Lived and Realized Moments Open to Claims of Memory more books like this by Johanna Drucker The History of the/my Wor(l)d provides a striking alternative to the familiar telling of historical events. Johanna Drucker's account of mythic and major moments in the course of western civilization marches roughshod over received traditions. When before has anyone called Alexander the Great by a diminutive of his first name? Or published a ... see all copies from £31.09!
24	Otherspace: Martian Typography more books like this by Johanna Drucker, Brad Freeman see all copies from £130.89! new only from £130.89!
25	Italy by Johanna Drucker see all copies from £8.67! first editions

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