Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Information Forms (hierarchy name)
5. information forms (objects)
6. document genres
7. [documents by conditions of production]
8. publications (documents)

Narrower term/s

• artists' books (books) [NP][+]
  • bookworks
  • avant-garde books

Anotations

Scope note:

Publications in which one or more artists have a full or large share in the process of conceptualization, production, and often distribution. These can be of various types: books, magazines, catalogs, individual sheets or inserts, audiovisual media and ephemera such as invitations, posters, mailart, flyers, postcards, etc. These may be autonomous works of art, as well as publications in which the artist or an artists’ collective has made an intervention or made a contribution. Examples of the latter are contributions in the form of a lithograph, linocut, fold or a cut-out in a newspaper, magazine or catalog. Certain audiovisual media such as music, film and sound work may also be considered artists’ publications, and are often accompanied by a cover, box or book designed by the artist.