Susan Mills Artist Books

ABOUT THE BOOKS

Susan Mills' books reflect an interest in language that is not written for publication; language that cannot meaningfully be typeset or scanned or reproduced.

Her book structures reference historical 'blank' books. These books, like today's digital laptops, were built with the assumption of content. In general, they were to be handwritten and one-of-a-kind. Their subjects included records, accounts, reference, data and collections; their humble bindings included recycled or waste materials.

Mills' most recent books refer to three iconic artist books by men - Josef Albers' 1963 Interaction of Color, John Cage's 1961 Silence and Ed Ruscha's 1963 Twentysix Gasoline Stations .

She is interested in what is found, historically and con-temporarily, tucked into the hem.

Susan Mills Artist Books

Pages

Page Spread folios

Twentysix Flowers

Silence

Interaction of Tantra

turn turn turn turn

Strawberry Field Notes

frigate

KUSAKIZOMEGAMI

Reanimate

flowcharts 1.11.11

INTERIOR SKY

FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN KIHADA ATO-ZOME

SEVENTYSIX PALIMPSESTS

GARDEN LEDGER

T/F

the real truth

mise en abyme BUTOH FLIP-BOOK