Robin Moore Book Collection
Robin Moore is a curator, appraiser, and art advisor who grew up in the Fluxus movement in New York and moved to Washington, DC, in 1989, where she took a job managing a bookstore at an arts organization. Bookworks had a similar mission to Printed Matter in New York — to promote and sell books made by artists as well as small press, art catalogs, and selected titles from European publishers. During the 1990s, Bookworks became a locus for an alternative stream of “cyberculture,” which started as zines and magazines even before the World Wide Web was in common use.
Robin is deaccessioning several groupings of rare and unusual publications from this period, and some others. She is willing to sell or donate to educational institutions.
Moore seeks to place this collection of her art books and artist’s books.
Contact: Robin Moore, robin.f.moore@gmail.com, 301-204-7252
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Among the items:
Artists Books
A grouping of xxxx books published by artists in the US and Europe between xxxx and xxxx, most between xxxx and xxxx. Spreadsheet at this LINK. Images below.
Highlights:
Several “books about nothing,” meta'-statements that involve either the structure of the book or offset printing as a process as part of their message. These include:
The Book of Troy, by Henriette van Egten;
Frischer Wind, by Jan Voss; and
In Front of You, by Jose Soler.
Feminist and Alt Pornography
A grouping of xxxx books published by artists in the US and Europe between xxxx and xxxx, most between xxxx and xxxx. Spreadsheet at this LINK. Images below.
Highlights:
Annie Sprinkle
Caught Looking
Several artists’ books: Margaret Murphy, Michael Peven, ……
Cyberculture
A grouping of xxxx books published by artists in the US and Europe between xxxx and xxxx, most between xxxx and xxxx. Spreadsheet at this LINK. Images below.
Highlights:
Mondo 2000 magazine, issues xxxxx
Reality Hackers xxxx, the precursor to Mondo 2000
Alternative Comix
A grouping of xxxx books published by artists in the US and Europe between xxxx and xxxx, most between xxxx and xxxx. Spreadsheet at this LINK. Images below.
Highlights:
Hate, xxxxx
Eightball, xxxx
Harlin Quist Children’s Books
A grouping of xxxx books published by artists in the US and Europe between xxxx and xxxx, most between xxxx and xxxx. Spreadsheet at this LINK. Images below.
Highlights:
Hate, xxxxx
Eightball, xxxx
