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concept of offerings. The mail order catalog model of fulfillment is how Printed Matter maintains a global reach to its worldwide customer base, which includes libraries, archives, and museums, as well as academic institutions and individuals. The collected works are organized by artist's name, with
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Printed Matter is one of the first organizations dedicated to creating and distributing artists' books, incorporating self-publishing, small press publishing, and artist networks and collectives. Historically there was no lack of publishers of these works, but there was a real need for distributors;
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hosts over 200 independent presses, booksellers, antiquarian dealers, artists, and publishers. The LA Art Book Fair was started in 2013. The NY Art Book Fair and LA Art Book Fair are now both presented by Printed Matter. After Bronson's departure, Phil Aarons, who is on the board of Printed Matter,
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Printed Matter functions as both a distribution agency as well as a publisher of artists' books. Printed Matter focused heavily on the distribution of these artists' books because it could simultaneously broaden the reach of art outside museums and allow artists to "control their own production."
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Materials on view at Printed Matter are either discovered through a submission process or arrive via a network of artists, distributors, and publishers. Because of the non-traditional approach to curating content, the inventory of Printed Matter is very diverse, representing the
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special sections organized by genre i.e. zines, audio works, periodicals, or publisher. Each summer the inventory is assessed from top to bottom resulting in a comprehensive backlist and updated archive being ready for perusal in the Fall season.
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The works published by Printed Matter are editioned and are conceived by artists as artworks. However, due to mass-producing they can be sold at affordable prices (currently around $ 5-$ 50), as they are meant to spread the accessibility of art.
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Printed Matter also serves as a support system for avant-garde artists as well as a place of community, often balancing its role as publisher, exhibition space, retail space, and community center of the downtown arts scene.
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grant-supported bookstore, artist organization, and arts space which publishes and distributes artists' books. It is currently located at 231 11th Avenue in the
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Printed Matter also curates artists' window installations in the front window that engage the public beyond the prospect of buying and selling books.
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and the board of directors as the inaugural director of Printed Matter, Inc. By 1978 she was successful in applying for and being granted
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corporate non-profit status, and Printed Matter Inc officially became a non-profit organization with a focus on artist publications.
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help to put together the book fairs. From 2010-2017, the late Shannon Michael Cane was instrumental to the success of the fairs.
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served as executive director of Printed Matter from 2004-2010 and during that time created and directed the
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Printed Matter, Inc. was founded by a loose consortium of artists, critics, and publishers—including
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O'Neill-Butler, Lauren (February 2015). "Learn to Read Art: A Surviving History of Printed Matter".
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cites International General, an independent publisher of artists' books run by artist
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Gessert, George (1 January 1988). "An Introduction to Artist's Books".
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Phillpot, Clive (Spring 1980). "Artists' Books (Book Review)".
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Cane, Shannon Michael; Nassar, Jordan (28 January 2015).
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