Robert Tombs: Index

Year: 2015
140 pages
20 x 23.1 cm
ISBN: 978-0-88828-244-6
$5.00 softcover

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Two hands hold up a softcover book. Vertical lines in various bright colours fill the cover. In the centre, the word "INDEX" is written in bold white letters.

This publication coincides with the exhibition Robert Tombs: Index. Graphic Works 1985–2015 held at the Owens Art Gallery from 2 October to 18 November 2015.

The one-hundred works on display present a variety of exhibition catalogues, artist’s books, posters and related ephemera, literary books, preliminary studies, and sketchbooks expressed in drawing, xerography, letterpress, and offset printing, created for a range of clients including artist-collaborators, writers, artist-run centres, art galleries, and academic presses.

The publication includes a note on collaborating with Robert Tombs by Ingrid Jenkner and essays by Marina Roy and Michael Davidge.

Design by Robert Tombs

Two hands hold open a book. On the left page is a screen displaying German text written with OCR-A, a machine readable font. On the right page, a hand rests on the keys of a piano.