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What is Book Works?
"The consistently impressive Book Works." Art Review "The importance of Book Works as a structure cannot be underestimated. It is to do with consistency of presence rather than continuity of practice. A Book Works production always sits in parallel to other structures in the art discourse as a seperate yet crucial marker, shimmering between pure ongoing production and self-conscious artistic reflection" Liam Gillick "More than any other publisher, Book Works' whole raison d'être is to explore the innovative possibilities of the book... they have had increasing reverberations in the art world." Blueprint "With over a dozen books under my belt, I am hardly a neophyte with regards to publishing, however none of my previous projects prepared me for the joys of collaborating with Book Works." Mark Dion Established in 1984, with the mission to disseminate visual art practice to as wide and diverse an audience as possible, Book Works is a contemporary visual arts publisher, based in London. In addition to our main activity of book publishing, we also produce text-based works, installations, multiples, videos and new media projects. |
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Trustees Book Works is a registered charity, set up to advance education for the benefit of the public in the visual arts, particularly in the form of books, which may be recognised as art forms in their own right. We have a board of trustees who input their range of diverse expertise and interests into our development: Stephen Bury, Chair David Dibosa Marysia Lewandowska Nelson Crespo Sharmini Pereira Jo Stockham |
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If you would like to find out more about how to support our projects, please contact Gavin Everall |
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Supporters Book Works is a publicly funded organisation, dedicated to distributing significant and cutting-edge work to a wide audience.
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For further stockists in the UK, Europe, North America and Japan please see Fact-sheet Four in the Resources section. |
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Where to find our books Book Works publications are held in libraries across UK, Europe and U.S.A. including: Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archaeologie, Geneva, Switzerland Chelsea School of Art Library, London, UK Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK The Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University, New York, USA Glasgow School of Art Library, Glasgow, UK Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, John M Flaxman Library, Chicago, USA Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, USA Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, USA Research Library, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, USA Tate Library, London, UK The following UK bookshops usually stock a selection of Book Works titles: Arnolfini Bookshop, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol BS1 4QA Artwords, 65A Rivington Street London E1 7QX CCA Bookshop, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD Fruitmarket Gallery Bookshop, 29 Market Street, Edinburgh EH1 1DF Walther Koenig Bookshop, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA Magma, 8 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9RY Tate Modern Bookshop, Bankside, London SE1 9TG |
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For more information on sales and distribution, please contact James Brook. |
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Distribution and Fairs Book Works continues to distribute its own titles nationally visiting bookshops, galleries and libraries. We are now working with distributors R.A.M Publications Distributors in the USA, and Actar D in Europe. For further information contact: R.A.M. Publications Distributions, Inc. 2525 Michigan Avenue, Bldg. #A2 Santa Monica, CA 90404 Tel: 310-453-0043 Fax: 310-264-4888 email: info@rampub.com or Actar D Roca i Batlle 2 08023 BARCELONA Spain Tel: 34 93 418 77 59 email: office@actar-d.com We participate in prominent book and art fairs, including: BABE - Bristol Artist’s Book Event at Arnolfini Book Expo America Frankfurt Book Fair Frieze Art Fair The New York Art Book Fair |
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