To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book | MOCA

To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book examines how sequencing, a characteristic of time-based media, manifests itself in various ways within artists' books.

To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book examines how sequencing manifests itself within artists’ books, highlighting a diverse range of conceptual strategies and formal processes. The exhibition constitutes the first large-scale museum survey of artists’ books in Los Angeles since 1978, presenting work by a range of artists, from emerging artists who have begun to experiment with this genre to established artists who view bookmaking as an integral part of their practice. Borrowing its title from a limited-edition ’zine by Raymond Pettibon, To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book presents many different book forms, some with corresponding wall-mounted works that suggest the relationship of books to other aspects of an artist’s practice.

To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book
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+ These works are part of the Reading Area

+ Alÿs, Francis. Time is a trick of the mind. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Museum für Moderne Kunst and Revolver, 2004. 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Lawrence Weiner (a.k.a. Xerox Book). New York: Siegelaub/Wendler, 1968. 10 15/16 x 8 1/2 x 15/16 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Gift of the Sam Francis Foundation.

+ Anselmo, Giovanni. Lire. Ghent, Belgium: Imschoot, 1990. 8 3/16 x 5 15/16 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

+ Arrhenius, Lars. The Man without One Way. Amsterdam: Artimo, 1999. 8 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

+ Bader, Darren. James Earl Scones. New York: Rivington Arms; and Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2005. 9 x 6 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

+ Bader, Darren. Pulturebook (B&W Version). Los Angeles: 2nd Cannons Publications, 2008. 9 x 6 15/16. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Baldessari, John. Brutus Killed Caesar. Akron: Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of the University of Akron, 1976. 10 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 3/8 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Baldessari, John. Fable: A Sentence of Thirteen Parts (with Twelve Alternate Verbs) Ending in Fable.Hamburg, Germany: Anatol AV und Filmproduktion, 1977. 3 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 7/16 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

+ Baldessari, John. Zorro. Cologne, Germany: Oktagon, 1998. 4 x 6 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Baumgarten, Lothar. Carbon. Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art; [s.l.]: Pentti Kouri, 1991. 12 5/16 x 15 7/16 x 7/8 in. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Baxter, Iain. Thrown Camera Photographs. Lethbridge, Canada: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1979. 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. Banff Centre Library and Archives.

Baxter, Iain. Vancouver Beauty Spots. Lethbridge, Canada: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1979. 4 15/16 x 6 7/8 in. Banff Centre Library and Archives.