Exhibition catalog for "The Only Book"

Identifier:AAR.EC.0145

Creation dates:2006

Description:Catalog for "The Only Book," an exhibition on view at the Center for Book Arts January 20 - April 1, 2006. Organized by Sara Reisman, "The Only Book" brings together a range of artworks that allude to the coincidence of an increasingly technology-based media environment with a new form of minimalism. Referencing a recent media campaign which suggested that a collection of books can be replaced by a single electronic device, The Only Book questions the authoritative qualities appointed to a single book, publication, periodical, or technological interface. Some of the ideas behind The Only Book revolve around how technology produces minimalism in terms of aesthetics and content; the way that information overload can lead to superficial knowledge; and how the notion of the obsolescence of books as an information technology might contribute to new ideas about intelligence. CBA has two copies.

Featured artists: Vito Acconci, Manuel Acevedo, Richard Artschwager, Douglas Beube, Robert Charlton, Anne Deleporte, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Tara Fracalossi, Sharon Gilbert, Pablo Helguera, Emily Jacir, Airan Kang, Anish Kapoor, Nina Katchadourian, Reynard Loki, Olu Oguibe, Jenny Perlin, Martha Rosler, Robert The.