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Selected recent publications
As the United States embarks on its 250th anniversary year, The Artist Book Foundation (TABF)
celebrates American art, design, and culture through its latest publications.
THE WORLD BEFORE RACISM
An Art Story
By Lisa E. Farrington
Essays by: Jack Flam, Erin Thompson
This historical perspective coincides with the anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, and provides a unique lens through which readers can understand the origins and evolution of racism. Using artworks as a primary source ensures that the voices of the artists remain unaltered while providing a direct connection to the historical narrative.
SWIMMERS
Carole Feuerman
Essays by: John Yau
Foreward by: John T. Spike
Realist sculptor Carole A. Feuerman’s human-figure sculptures express a refreshing perspective on the mundane but intensely personal activities of modern life. Her powers of observation and versatility find unique expression through various materials that include marble, bronze, vinyl, and painted resins, while she incorporates both ancient and contemporary methods in the creation of her works. Swimmers: Carole Feuerman is a gorgeous and shimmering glimpse at transitory, contemplative moments in time, often captured in a veil of clear resin that replicates tumbling water droplets.
GREAT AMERICAN TREASURES
Women Preserving History Since 1891
Contributions by: Carol Cadou, Former NSCDA Executive Director; Ellen Boomer, Author and Historian; Sally Connelly, NSCDA National Historian; et al.
This forthcoming title is a comprehensive survey of America’s historic sites and buildings, their furnishings, and their gardens. It illuminates the stories and material traditions of the wide range of individuals who contributed to the founding of the United States and to the development of America as a dynamic multicultural nation.
WILL BARNET
Contributions by: Christopher Green, Gail Stavitsky, Jessica Nicoll, Ona Barnet
Introduction by: Bruce Weber
Will Barnet’s artistic career as a painter and printmaker spanned nearly eight decades of continuous creativity. Few artists, other than perhaps Picasso or Monet, can claim such an extended period of uninterrupted and innovative art making. From the darkness of the Great Depression to the opening decade of the twenty-first century, his oeuvre reflects his unique interpretation of the art world’s evolving genres: Social Realism, Modernism, Abstract Expressionism, and ultimately representational Minimalism with the human figure as his primary subject.
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STEPHEN HANNOCK, Fall, 2026,
A Recent History of Art in the Champlain Valley, polished mixed media on canvas, 48" x 72", 2021
To support greater access to the arts and culture, we have donated and delivered over 1,800 TABF books to underserved public libraries, schools, and correctional and rehabilitation facilities nationwide.