Love Poem by OPPEN, Monica

Berkeley, California: CODEX Foundation, 2015. paperback pamphlet. Artists' Books. 5.5 x 7.75 inches. paperback pamphlet. 24 pages. Number ten of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Number ten of the CODE(X)+1 Monograph Series. Monica Oppen is owner and curator of an unusual private library dedicated to the contemporary artist's book. The collection, Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem, is situated in her home in Sydney, Australia where she welcomes students, scholars and artists who wish to use the library. In This Is Not a Cathedral, she writes about the origins, purpose, and her evolving curatorial practice with passion and candor. From the website: www.bibliotheca.org.au "The Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem is a private collection of books made by printmakers, photographers, photomonteurs, painters, writers and poets. The collection focuses on books made in Australia but also includes works from overseas." This limited edition of 500 copies was designed and printed by Peter Koch with the… Read More

Monash University Library, Melbourne 2011(exhibition catalogue). 24.0 x 20.0cms, 192pp, colour illusts, very good+ paperback with French flaps (author's inscription) This exhibition had 3 sections: 1918-1950, across 2 wars; 1960-1990, alienation & engagement, the Cold War in a nucelar era; 1990-the present, imperialism, fundamentalism, democracy, oil & its shadow.

Petersham: Ant Press, 2011. paperback. 8 x 9.5 inches. paperback. 190 pages. The Silent Scream: Political and Social Comment in Books by Artists presents not only a companion catalogue to an exhibition held at the Monash University Rare Books Library, but also a journey through some of humanity's most inhumane and hypocritical moments. The catalogue provides insights into 77 influential books and works presented in book form in the past 90 years. Monica Oppen and Peter Lyssiotis, both practicing artists, lend their unique perspective in the social content and the techniques behind the production of these books. The book begins with a short preface by Sarah Bodman about the messages that can be portrayed with written word. Throughout history, many texts and books have been banned, censored, and even burned in an effort to prevent their contents from spreading. This exhibition brings to light some of the bold texts that have survived time such as those that have endured wars and revolutions,… Read More

Ant Press, Ant Press. 2011, 189pp. Illustrated. Paperback. In very good condition. ISBN: 9780987160652

Sydney, Ant Press, 1990.. 6pp. 8vo. Original stitched wrappers. Colour illustrations. A fine copy.. Limited to 15 copies, signed and numbered, containing two original hand-coloured etchings. Includes TLS regarding this work.

Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia: Ant Press, 2007. Artist's Book, one of 13 copies, 10 of which for sale, all on Magnani Velata Avorio paper, each signed and numbered by the artist, Monica Oppen. Page size: 12-5/8 x 9 inches; 40pp. Bound by the artist: sewn on vellum tapes and laced into Blackwood 3-ply boards, endpapers in box are part of larger botanical image that was enlarged and reversed into negative and printed in black on grey paper, housed in custom-made black cloth clamshell box with title printed in white on grey with terracotta cloth edges on box. The book contains 10 black and white photographs printed as duotones, seven of which are by Monica Oppen. The text is taken from BOTANY FOR GARDNERS, CHILDREN OF THE UNIVERSE, the Bible, and the definition of the word ecosystem from the Macquarie Dictionary. Laid into the book on a page with a specially constructed envelope is a small book, IT IS TIME, bound in red wrappers, hand sewn, 5-3/4 x 4 inches, screen printed in Times Roman. The… Read More