Stephen John Bury
author
Stephen John Bury is a British art historian and the Andrew W. Mellon Chief Librarian of the Frick Art Research Library in New York City. He is a recognized authority on artists' books and multiples, having published several foundational monographs on the subject. His scholarship explores the intersection of art history, book arts, and the material conditions of artistic production. In addition to his curatorial and library leadership roles, he has served as a postgraduate tutor in Modern Art History and Theory at Chelsea College of Art and Design. His research interests also encompass the literature of art, the impact of digital technologies on the humanities, and the history of modernist magazines.[1,2]
Themes
- artists' books
- multiples
- art history
- book arts
- modernist magazines
Books
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Artists' Books: The Book As a Work of Art, 1963-1995author
Works by Stephen John Bury
- Artists' Books: The Book As a Work of Art, 1963-1995 1995 · Scolar Press · book · English ISBN 9781859281635 Primary work identified in the prompt.
- Artists' multiples 1935-2000 2001 · book
- Breaking the Rules: The Printed Face of the European Avant Garde 1900-1937 2007 · book
- Artists’ books: the book as a work of art, 1963-2000 2015 · Bernard Quaritch Ltd · book ISBN 978-0-9563-0129-1 Second edition/reissue of the 1995 work.
Exhibitions
- 2007 Breaking the Rules British Library, London group