A new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, now in partnership with Pacific Northwest College of Art, will focus on artists’ books from the Reed College collection. “Object Focus: The Book,” running from November 18, 2010 through February 26, 2011, will consist entirely of Reed books selected by Professor Gerri Ondrizek and the staff of the Museum.
Their statement about the exhibit: “The artist’s book is an object that extends work beyond the boundaries of a gallery setting. Through selections from the significant 20th century modern and contemporary artists’ books in Reed College’s Special Collections, this exhibition explores the book as an object which defies the categories of art, craft and design through forms ranging from the recognizable to the deconstructed.”