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Copy Machine Manifestos

Artists Who Make Zines
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Copy Machine Manifestos delves into the rich and vibrant history of artists' zines in North America, tracing their evolution over the past fifty years. This fully illustrated volume features hundreds of zine covers and interiors, connecting zine culture to broader visual arts through painting, photography, film, video, and performance. Highlighting the work and biographies of over 100 influential zine-makers such as Beverly Buchanan, Mark Gonzales, and Miranda July, the book underscores the medium’s pivotal role in community building and innovation across creative disciplines since 1970. Published alongside a major Brooklyn Museum exhibition, it celebrates the transformative and enduring impact of artists' zines.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for enthusiasts of contemporary art, zine culture, visual media, and those interested in the intersection of community and creative practice. Art students, cultural historians, and fans of alternative publishing will find it especially revealing.

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The first publication dedicated to artists' zines in North America, a revelatory exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practice

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The first publication dedicated to artists' zines in North America, a revelatory exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practice

Copy Machine Manifestos captures the rich history of artists' zines as never before, placing them in the lineage of the visual arts and exploring their vibrant growth over the past five decades. Fully illustrated with hundreds of zine covers and interiors, alongside work in other media, such as painting, photography, film, video, and performance, the book also features brief biographies for more than 100 zine-makers including Beverly Buchanan, Mark Gonzales, G.B. Jones, Miranda July, Bruce LaBruce, Terence Koh, LTTR, Ari Marcopoulos, Mark Morrisroe, Raymond Pettibon, Brontez Purnell, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, and Kandis Williams.

Accompanying a major exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, this expansive book, bound as a paperback with a separate jacket, focuses on zines from North America, celebrating how artists have harnessed the medium's essential role in community building and transforming material and conceptual approaches to making art across all media since 1970.

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Gold Medal Winner for Fine Art from the Independent Publishers Book Awards

Excellent. – The New Yorker

Enriched by concise biographies of 100 artists and a wealth of images, this masterfully brings a lesser-explored vein of popular culture to light. – Publishers Weekly

An expansive look at the ways in which zines helped shape creative practices and communities. – Huck Magazine

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838667085

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Edition: Brooklyn Museum

Illustration: 800 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 1290g

Pages: 448

About the Author

Branden W. Joseph is Frank Gallipoli Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Columbia University. Drew Sawyer is Phillip Leonian and Edith Rosenbaum Leonian Curator of Photography at the Brooklyn Museum.With contributions by: Gwen Allen, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Tavia Nyong o, Alexis Salas, and Mimi Thi Nguyen.

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