Tour of Artist's Books at the National Galleries of Scotland

Kerry Watson is the Librarian at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and is responsible looking after the collections of books and archive material housed in Modern 2. Books by artists make up part of that collection, and here Kerry shows us some highlights, including Henri Matisse’s (1869-1954) colourful Jazz (published 1947), and Tauba Auerbach’s sculptural ‘pop-up’ creation [2,3] of 2011. Artist's books are another form of artistic expression. Sometimes that are the work of one artist, others are collaborations between artist, poets, writers or friends of the artist. Artist's books are often produced in small numbers and can include anything from written words, prints, collage, photographs, cut-outs and host of other material. Kerry looks at an early book with contributions by Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962), and also examines a books by Calude Cahun (1894-1954).

Due to the current restrictions, these spaces are closed, but we hope you will enjoy this tour of the collection.

These items are all available to view on our website.
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