Saturday, October 8, 2022

Norman Behrendt, Greetings from Turkey, Hartmann Books, Stuttgart, 2017, ed. 800

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This is a quietly political book from this Berlin-based photographer and this accordion consists of 17 detachable postcards each featuring a...
Friday, October 7, 2022

Magali Attiogbé, Magreb (2021), Africa (2017) & Latin America (2019), Editions Amaterra, Lyon, France

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Three very cool books for young audiences with all of them illustrated by  Attiogbé's exquisite works. The combination of the size of th...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Schomer Lichtner, Ballet Celebration Drawings, Milwaukee, 1991

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This is a joyous and fun filled accordion by the well-known Milwaukee artist and teacher who died in 2006 at the age of 101. Lichtner and hi...
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Andrew Alexander, The Man Maker [codex], Cram Books, Brooklyn, 2022

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Above is Alexander's accordion with a 'bellyband' cover that displays the title of this Risograph book. This is a kind of slapda...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Course of the Moselle from Trier to Koblenz with side descriptions (Strip Map), Karl Rud. Bremer & Co., Koln, Germany, nd

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It's only very recently that I came across a whole new genre of accordion publications called "strip maps." This rather unique...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Rick Barton, Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton, The Morgan Library and Museum, June 10 - Sept. 11, 2022, New York

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Richard Barton,  Untitled Sketchbook , 1961 I'm in the early stages of researching the Post-World War II history of artists' accordi...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

Highland Print Studio, Accordion Book Fold, Inverness, Scotland, nd

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 A short but smart introduction to making your own accordion: https://highlandprintstudio.co.uk/blog/accordion-book-fold/
Monday, August 22, 2022

Nicholas Galanin/Yéil Ya-Tseen, Never Forget, March 12 - May 16, 2021, Desert X, Palm Springs, Minor Matter Books, 2021

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the accordion's slip cover This accordion comes out of an ongoing series of works commissioned by Desert X, a non-profit organization ba...