本书展示了十位**艺术家的书架，探索了阅读、艺术实践和身份认同之间的复杂联系

“打开我的图书馆”系列的灵感来源于沃尔特·本杰明1931年写的一篇开创性的文章，该系列记录了对现代**思想家的阅读和藏书实践的一次热烈探索。《艺术家和他们的书》展示了十位重要的当代艺术家的个人图书馆，他们分别来自美国（Mark Dion、Theaster Gates、Wangechi Mutu、Ed Ruscha和Carrie Mae Weems）、加拿大（Janet Cardiff和George Bures Miller）和英国（Billy Childish、Tracey Emin和Martin Parr）。通过引人入胜的访谈，这些艺术家讨论了阅读的必要性以及书籍在他们生活和事业中的意义。

这是一本关于书籍的书，但更重要的是它强调了文学在塑造艺术家的自我呈现和形象方面的作用。每位艺术家书架的照片都能让人看到他们的个人品味、深受喜爱的珍稀书籍，以及使书架体现艺术家个性的独特装饰。采访中还附有每位艺术家收集的 "十大 "阅读清单，Jo Steffens撰写的介绍，以及马塞尔·普鲁斯特的开创性文章 "论阅读"。

A captivating tour of the bookshelves of ten leading artists, exploring the intricate connections between reading, artistic practice, and identity

Taking its inspiration from Walter Benjamin’s seminal 1931 essay, the Unpacking My Library series charts a spirited exploration of the reading and book collecting practices of today’s leading thinkers. Artists and Their Books showcases the personal libraries of ten important contemporary artists based in the United States (Mark Dion, Theaster Gates, Wangechi Mutu, Ed Ruscha, and Carrie Mae Weems), Canada (Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller), and the United Kingdom (Billy Childish, Tracey Emin, and Martin Parr). Through engaging interviews, the artists discuss the necessity of reading and the meaning of books in their lives and careers.

This is a book about books, but it even more importantly highlights the role of literature in shaping an artist’s self-

presentation and persona. Photographs of each artist’s bookshelves present an evocative glimpse of personal taste, of well-

loved and rare volumes, and of the individual touches that make a bookshelf one’s own. The interviews are accompanied by “top ten” reading lists assembled by each artist, an introduction by Jo Steffens, and Marcel Proust’s seminal essay “On Reading.”