After Ansel Adams, 2024
After Ansel Adams, 2024
Altered found book with collage elements
16 3/4 x 28 3/4 in, framed
Artist and writer

Buzz Spector makes frequent use of the book, both as subject and object. Stacked, torn, excised and rebound, his books ask how public history, individual memory and perception are held in printed pages.

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Books and Editions

Writing
2012

Buzz Words

Selected interviews with Spector and new page art. Sara Ranchouse Publishing, Chicago.

2009

White Insistence

A limited edition collaboration with the poet Michael Burkhart, published by the artist.

2007

Time Square

A limited edition letterpress book, hand altered by the artist. Pyracantha Press and ABBA, Arizona State University, Tempe.

1995

The Book Maker’s Desire

Critical essays on contemporary art and artists’ books. Umbrella Editions.

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