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Myers, George, 1953-

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Alphabets Sublime / Myers, George Jr., editor ; Lipman J ; Cross D ; Porter B ; Knowles A ; Hitchcock G ; Kasper M ; Zeller L ; Metcalf P ; Zelevansky P ; Braunstein T ; Robertson K ; Gerlovina R ; Gerlovin V ; Bakhchanyan V ; Roberts P III ; Echevarria-Myers JA ; Kempton K ; Bennett JM ; Gangemi K ; Schneemann C ; Myers Gjr ; Phillips T., 1986

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Identifier: CC-38279-40175
Scope and Contents The book consist of interviews between Myers and the various artist/poets in the book.Independent Publisher review: Alphabets Sublime is a collection of interviews with 20 artists and writers by George Myers, Jr., book editor for The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio), as well as critic, fiction author, and bookwork artist. Subtitled Contemporary Artists on Collage and Visual Literature, this book is "not a history but a 'slice of life' of the art of the 80s that touches on assemblage, intermedia, visual literature, Fluxus, dada, and bookworks as objets d'art" (quoted from the book's back cover).In his introductory essay, Myers states that "collage is the culmination of the world," and that "visual literature is the culmination of the word." The book's dialogic format allows the reader to infer an informal yet journalistic give-and-take between artist and interviewer. Myers' questions focus on matters of technique, artistic intention, and on views held by the artists of the social,...
Dates: 1986