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 boundaries between art, craft and design, and moves along a spectrum from a recognizable to a deconstructed form.

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE FOLLOWING CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS:

PNCA+FIVE Ford Institute for Visual Education
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · John Gray Charitable Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · MJ Murdock Charitable Trust · National Endowment for the Arts · Oregon Arts Commission · PGE Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation · The Standard · Mary Hoyt Stevenson Foundation · Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust · Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt · The Western States Art Federation · Whiteman Foundation · ziba · Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP

With special thanks to: Gerding Edlen Development and their support of the Cyan PDX Cultural Residency Program, The Heathman Hotel, The Nines Hotel, Twenty Four Seven and NWC Nick Weitzer Contracting.

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Trying to Save Piggy Sneed: a story by John Irving; artwork by Gilbert Neri, 2005. Rainmaker Editions books are published by Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.