A book's physical structure and materials can add a tactile, sensual dimension to the reading experience,
as no one knows better than Richard Minsky, a pioneer in the field of book arts. He will show slides and
discuss the evolution of his work over 40 years, from letterpress printing and traditional leather bookbinding
to digital incunabula.
Minsky founded The Center for Book Arts (in NYC), where, for the first time, contemporary book art was
displayed in an active studio with classes and workshops. This model has been copied across the U.S. and
abroad and stimulated the rapid growth of the Book Art Movement.
Art critic Rose Slivka writes, "Minsky is the foremost American exponent of modern bookbinding as the art
of amplification on the book, container of language and ideas, an art other than its own material form ... Minsky
enlarges the scope and meanings of the book."
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