"A Private Reading: The Book as Image and Object"; Senior & Shopmaker Gallery. (New York).(Brief Article)

This crowded and pleasantly fusty show presented not artists' books but artworks premised on the idea of the book as a cultural form, a prism refracting conceptual, formal, psychological, and historical meaning. Fifty-five pieces by thirty-five artists were on view; not surprisingly, emphasis fell on assemblage, photography, and works on paper, with modest dimensions and subdued palettes predominating.

"The book as image and object" is a loose designation, and certain items seemed to have been chosen more for their maker's name than for intrinsic wit or wisdom regarding ...

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