The color and design choices caught my attention and i figured id follow up on it. She was educated at san diego state university in california where she received a bachelor of arts and at claremont college graduate school where she was awarded a. Claire van vliet made the pulp paintings with katie macgregor in whiting, me. A beautiful production that pays homage to the friendship quilt. Poetry from ellen mccullochlovell, thanks to claire van vliet thursday evening i slipped away from the desk for a bit, to see the new exhibit of pulp paintings by vermont and canadian book artist claire van vliet at st. Veteran book artist claire van vliet lives among neatly stacked reams of treasured paper. An artist book is a work of art that plays with the book in some form.
Join facebook to connect with claire van vliet and others you may know. Van vliet, a superb artist and craftsperson herself, has an astute eye for collaboration. Many of the janus press books were generous gifts of patricia g. In addition to the more than 90 artists books that van vliet has published, she has also created hundreds of drawings, prints, pulp paintings, and broadsides. The janus press 197580 1982, the janus press, 195575 1975, and claire van vliet. Don van vliet, better known by his stage name captain beefheart, was an american musician, sculptor, and painter. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Artists book collection bainbridge island museum of art. Woven and interlocking book structures by claire van vliet. Claire van vliet is a printmaker and book artist who has been honored with a john d. Celebrating fifty years, national gallery of art, washington, d. Claire van vliet is best known as the founder and owner of janus press, a worldrenowned publisher of fine books. A look through the tunnel shows a layered world landscape. Claire van vliet is one of americas preeminent artists of the book, having created some of the 20thcenturys most important. Bimas artists book collection features the work of hundreds of artists including catherine alice michaelis, julie chen, fred hagstrom, charles hobson, lois morrison, claire van vliet, joann pohlmann, mare blocker, jessica spring, elsi vassdalellis, sande wascherjames, diane jacobs, alisa golden, susan king, donald glaister, suzanne moore, maureen cummins, peter rutledge koch, jeffrey. Allowing her books to take shape slowly, she considers each detail along with the readers po. Paintings and sketches captain beefheart radar station. Claire van vliet, macarthur awardwinning book artist and publisher of.
Claire van vliet was philosophizing about glue and paper in her nononsense way as she displayed and described her application of a medieval method of book binding. The lilly library has a copy of her book woven and interlocking book structures from the janus so i paid a visit and found a binding style that worked for my pages. Macarthur foundation prize fellowship and an ingram merrill foundation award. Van vliet has created a significant body of watercolors, drawings, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and pulp paintings, many of which have found their way into the unique books she designs, typesets, prints and binds. Apr 19, 2014 circle of wisdom claire van vlieti want the physicality of the book to create a physical message through the hands and the eyes that makes the reader more susceptible to the text, van vliet says. Their work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the racine art museum and the bates college, museum of art. Thoughts on bookmaking by claire van vliet of the janus press.
Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. After following the blackandwhite drawings and detailed instructions, the claire van vliet, book artist extraordinaire and recipient of the macarthur genius grant, writes a book describing how a few of her and her colleagues artists books were bound. Prints 1970, robert hull fleming museum at the university of vermont. Selected works 19522009 maple ridge gallery opened an exhibit today of the blackandwhite works of claire van vliet, the book artist whose janus press has transformed elegant paper into works of striking beauty. Jan 14, 2019 the bingham centers collection of artists books by women documents how women artists use the book format to address issues of gender. In 1989 van vliet was honored with a macarthur fellowship, the first ever awarded to a book artist. The janus press archive was purchased from claire van vliet, proprietor of janus press, in september, 1991. Whether selfpublished or issued by small presses, this artistic format can combine the crafts of papermaking, typography, and bookbinding with each artists unique sensibility and artistic vision. Van vliet works primarily with artists books but also makes etchings and lithographs. Claire van vliet and the janus press national gallery of art.
Claire van vliet, the most experienced of the artists we are featuring today, published her first artist book in 1955. Accordion fold production with each section representing a portion of a friendship quilt presented to aunt sallie, each section with a holograph note card from the presenter, a poetic response from aunt sallie printed on facing page. Claire van vliet is the proprietor of the janus press, founded in 1955 and located in newark, vermont, since 1966. Handsome production, designed by claire van vliet and printed at the stinehour press, lunenburg, vermont. Oct 10, 2019 claire van vliet is a renowned book artist who founded the janus press in 1955 and has produced groundbreaking innovations in the book arts field for more than six decades. Claire van vliet is a graphic artist, a printmaker, a bookmaker, a papermaker, and the founder of the janus press in 1955. While her roots are in traditional typographic forms, van vliet has moved beyond the boundaries of standard book design through her free composition of text pages, her incorporation of pictorial material with text, and her innovations in book struct. Many have been designed, illustrated, typeset, printed sometimes on paper made by the artist, and bound by van vliet in a wellequipped studio.
The canadianborn van vliet, 86, is highly regarded for what she calls her wall art, drawings, prints and pulp paintings, appending pigmented paper pulp onto a handmade paper underlayer to. Claire van vliet is one of the most admired and in. Most of the drawings include references to ancient, classical, and renaissance art in contemporary settings, with the artist included as observer statement by the artist. Bamberger106 and stand up to be discontinued,107 first published in 1993, a. Claire van vliet 1933 janus publications books, pamphlets, and broadsides number approximately 100. Some artistmade books illustrate the words of others, integrating art and literature. The book is full of diagrams that look like they will make sense to anyone who isn.
Claire van vliet is widely recognized as a master printmaker and has won numerous awards including election to the national academy, two honorary doctorates of f. She has worked with many other artists, resulting in a wide range of subjects and presentationsartist and impresario as one curator has described her. This exhibition celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the janus press, founded by claire van vliet, by showcasing a selection of their books from the national gallery of art librarys artists book collection. We drove, caravan style, to the home of claire van vliet. As a work created by an artist, the nature, appearance and purpose, of an artists book can be fundamentally different from what one might find on the shelves of the library. She welcomed and fed us all 19 of us and showed us where she made her work. Claire van vliet is one of the most admired and influential book artists in the. Janus publications books, pamphlets, and broadsides number approximately 100. Contemporary female book artists washington university in st. Claire van vliet was born in 1933 in ottawa, ontario, lost her parents as an adolescent, and moved to california to live with an aunt.
One, she would share her experiences in book building and show examples from. About the artists read about carol barton and claire van vliet on the abc website. Objectspace, rose road ponsonby, ponsonby, auckland. The archive remains open, and additional materials are added as they are received.
Contemporary female book artists washington university. Artist claire van vliets northeast kingdom skies started small. Contemporary female book artists washington university in. Circle of wisdom claire van vlieti want the physicality of.
First, i stumbled upon one of claire van vliets bindings and i remembered the quilted books for which i first came to know her. An artists book is a medium of artistic expression that uses the form or function of book as inspiration. Claire van vliet is a renowned book artist who founded the janus press in 1955 and has produced groundbreaking innovations in the book arts field for more than six decades. The desire to publish books that fully integrate text, form, and visual elements motivated her to create unique, nonadhesive book structures that enhance the reading experience. Book artist claire van vliet has, at her janus press, constructed dazzling broadsides and artist books based on poetry by, among others, hayden carruth, galway kinnell, and margaret kaufman. Jan 27, 2014 first, i stumbled upon one of claire van vliets bindings and i remembered the quilted books for which i first came to know her. Johnsburys medical center, northeastern vermont regional hospital. Claire van vliet, the designer of the books structure, paid attention to the nuances of the content and created a physical presence for the book that imparts a direct and forceful impression on the viewer. Apr 19, 2014 circle of wisdom claire van vlieti want the physicality of the book to create a physical message through the hands and the eyes that makes the reader more susceptible to.
Claire van vliet, the most experienced of the artists we are featuring. A literary text is, for a book artist, like a score for a musician or a script for an actor. Drawing rocks gives you a really good excuse to make a picture that is just pure form, without a literal history, she says. Artist claire van vliet s northeast kingdom skies started small. She published her first artists book in 1955, called the oxford odyssey. Many have been designed, illustrated, typeset, printed sometimes on paper made by the artist, and bound by van vliet in a wellequipped studio, printshop, bindery of her own design. From her modest studio in the northeast kingdom, she has impacted the art. The janus press collection, consisting of the artists books produced by the janus press, are purchased as they are published. Since 1966, fine artist and typographer claire van vliet has been creating fine art prints and handmade books in newark, vermont. The janus press collection, consisting of the artist s books produced by the janus press, are purchased as they are published. Books are typically bound using adhesives, thread and board.
January 15, 1941 december 17, 2010 was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. This book is way beyond my pay grade, but if you like to fold origami and do paper constructions and interlock things then go for it. Ever since she started janus press in 1955, claire van vliet fine1984 has been one of the most. Bookmaker claire van vliet artist profile seven days. Browse upcoming auctions and create alerts for artworks you are interested in. Established in vermont in 1955, janus press books are renowned for their. There are a lot of them and this is a good way to have an. Home to fiber artist kiyomi iwata means something broader.
University of virginia library online exhibits lady freedom. In addition to the more than 90 artists books that van vliet has published, she. Originally from canada, van vliet came to california to study art and received a master of fine arts from claremont. I chose to focus on claire van vliet and her janus presss production of night streets primarily because looking through that book set me on edge. Claire van vliet national museum of women in the arts. Apr 28, 2016 view claire van vliets artworks on artnet. Oct 22, 2018 heres how anne evenhaugen defines the artists book. Claire van vliet, a veteran printmaker and an acclaimed artbook printer and publisher, loves to draw rocks. Two books have been published specifically devoted to critique and analysis of his artwork.
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