Our library has purchased it for our contemporary art collection. Because
of the unique binding we will put it in a box created by our preservation
department and shelve it in our rare book cage. Ray Anne
Ray Anne Lockard
Head, Frick Fine Arts Library
University Library System
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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A book should be a ball of light in one's hands.
Ezra Pound
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Heather Cleary wrote:
> Dear ARLIS-L,
> Here is an issue that was recently brought to my attention. Will your
> libraries
> be purchasing this book? What do you think?
>
> --Heather Cleary
>
>
> The following catalogue is published on the occasion of an exhibition held
> in Utrecht June 15 - September 1, 2002.
>
> JIRI GEORG DOKOUPIL: ELKE WOLK IS EEN WEG/EVERY CLOUD IS A WAY.
> Centraal Museum Utrecht, 2002. ISBN 90-73-285-895
> 208 pp. (2 foldout) with 84 ills. (68 col.) 25 x 18 cm.
> Bilingual in Dutch and English
>
> The exhibition reviewed Dokoupil's role in the contemporary Dutch art
> scene by bringing together works from various private and public
> collections in the Netherlands. The catalogue features some 50 paintings
> produced since the early 1980s by the Czech-born artist, including works
> that incorporate such unconventional media as soot, car tire prints, fruit
> juice and inky soap suds.
>
> The catalogue's unusual binding features a green liquid sealed within a
> clear mylar cover, evocative of the soapy fluid the artist uses to create
> his soap suds paintings. Although the catalogue would otherwise seem
> appropriate for libraries collecting in the area of contemporary art, the
> fact that the binding is not only unusual but also potentially harmful to
> collections (were the fluid to leak), obviously makes it a somewhat
> problematic acquisition for cataloguers and technical service staff alike.
>
> Although this unusual publication has appeal as a collector's item and for
> certain special collections, is it the kind of material that most art
> libraries would want to have in their regular collections? The
> publication's price (approximately $55 to $60) is not exorbitant, but
> certainly reflects the production costs associated with the unique binding.
>
>
> * * * * *
> Heather Cleary, Visual Resources Librarian
> Library/VRC
> Otis College of Art & Design
> 9045 Lincoln Blvd.
> Los Angeles CA 90045
> 310.665.6926
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> http://www.otis.edu/library/
>
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