Buzz Spector, Unpacking my Library, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, 1995

This smart record of Buzz Spector's exhibition, Unpacking My Library: An Installation by Buzz Spector, (1995) at the San Diego State University Art Gallery, October 1-31, 1994, documents this artwork that was constructed from "all the books in the artist's library arranged in order of the height of the spine, from the tallest to the shortest." Measures 4" (h) and 11.5' (l).

Jun Kaneko, announcement card, Omaha, 2007

Announcing the presentation of work created by Jun Kaneko at the Mission Clay Products in Pittsburg, Kansas between 2004 and 2007, on November 11th, from 10am - 2pm, at 714 South 20th Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Double-sided accordion with documentation of Kuneko's large ceramic works being installed in giant kiln.  6" (h) x 2' (l).

Niki de Saint Phalle, My Love, Malmo: Sweden, 1971

Limo Zine, Sweden, 2010

Limo Zine is published in Stockholm, Sweden by Joakim Ojannen.  At 5.5" inches high and 8 feet long its a real visual treat, with silkscreened cover and one long line-drawing with humans and animals transmorgifying all over the place in some extra-terrestial family tale. Comes with Plus One, which is more of the same in book form, but Limo Zine is fine by itself, and then some.  Published in an edition of 100 and $12 from Printed Matter (PrintedMatter.org) 

Heda Kovaly on accordions

"I carry the past inside me like an accordion, like a book of picture postcards that people bring home as souvenirs from foreign cities, small and neat," she wrote in her memoir. "But all it takes is to lift one corner of the top card for an endless snake to escape, zigzag joined to zigzag, the sign of the viper, and instantly all the pictures line up before my eyes." New York Times obituary, "Heda Kovaly Dies at 91; Wrote of Life Under Totalitarianism," Dec. 9, 2010.

Helen Douglas & Telfer Stokes, Clinkscale, Weproductions: Yarrow, Scotland, 1977

The front and back covers are photographs of an accordion with the hands of the player, and the 'bellows' is made from a long folded color photograph of green grasses in a field. The book is named after the famous brand of Scottish accordions, the same kind as in the photographs. This publication is a witty play on the idea and structure of the accordion book. [11" (h) x 66" (l)/27.9 cm (h) x 167.6 cm (l)] Available from Printed Matter (Printed Matter) for $24.