PUBLIC COLLECTION
an artist’s book by
A&SP and NASTYNASTY©

Format: A4
pag: 52
soft cover
printed on Munken Lynx 120gr
edition: 50 copies, hand numbered
38 pictures

Released at the NY Art Book Fair at MoMA/PS1,
Sept 17-20, 2015

Public Collection assembles a series of images of art works culled from Hollywood and international feature films. The book makes visible works of art often overlooked by the casual viewer during the cinematic experience. Through the act of image appropriation, Public Collection advances the idea of releasing the art works into the realm of the accessible in counterpoint to prevailing contemporary conditions of exclusivity.

the authors

Arts & Sciences Projects

Arts & Sciences Projects is an organization dedicated to providing a production and dissemination platform for emerging and established artists through independent publishing, an alternative project space, and temporary installations and performances. In addition to organizing exhibits in a New York project space from 2008-2012, Arts & Sciences Projects has exhibited at the NY Art Book Fair, the LA Art Book Fair, Yale University Art Gallery, Guest Spot (Baltimore), and other venues.

NASTYNASTY©

NASTYNASTY© is a collective which works with various media, the book is among them, in particular the publishing house blisterZine, which started in order to promote and to distribute the self published book and the artist’s book as an art object. They exhibited at the NY Art Book Fair, Artist’s Space NY, OffPrint TateLondon, OffprintParis, Museo
Marino Marini, CorviMora & Greengrassi.