Louise Odes Neaderland (born August 23, 1932) is an American photographer, printmaker, book artist and founder of the International Society of Copier Artists (I.S.C.A.) and the ''I.S.C.A. Quarterly'', a collaborative mail,

book art Book Art is a field of art that involves the creation of works that use or refer to the structural and conceptual properties of books. The term is also used to describe works of art produced in this field. These works may contain text, images, or bo ...

, and copy art publication. She was the organizer of ISCAGRAPHICS, a traveling exhibition of

xerographic Xerography is a dry photocopying technique. Originally called electrophotography, it was renamed xerography—from the roots el, ξηρός, label=none ''xeros'', meaning "dry" and -γραφία ''-graphia'', meaning "writing"—to emphasize ...

art.

Early life

Neaderland is an alumna of

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(1954) and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking from the

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in 1957. In 1952, she was awarded a

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Norfolk Fellowship in Printmaking. In both 1960 and 1962 she received fellowship awards from the

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Foundation. In 1986 she was awarded a

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grant for artists' bookmaking.

Career

Neaderland began using the photocopier for making art during a residency at

Women's Studio Workshop Women's Studio Workshop (WSW) is a nonprofit visual arts studio and private press offering residencies and educational workshops, located in Rosendale, New York. The workshop was founded in 1974 by Ann Kalmbach, Tatana Kellner, Anita Wetzel, ...

, WSW, in 1972 and received a residency grant from WSW in 1982. By the 1980s she had gained international recognition in the field of

xerography Xerography is a dry photocopying technique. Originally called electrophotography, it was renamed xerography—from the roots el, ξηρός, label=none ''xeros'', meaning "dry" and -γραφία ''-graphia'', meaning "writing"—to emphasize ...

. In 1982, Neaderland founded the International Society of Copier Artists in New York City[]. She is the author/artist of many xerographic limited edition books, some of which are still available to private collectors. Later books by Neaderland include ''Where Could the Dark Matter Be?'' and a compilation, ''Original Contributions'', of her original pages contributed to the International Society of Copier Artists ISCA portfolios.

Collections

Neaderland's art is represented in Special Collections of MOMA, the

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, Getty Center,

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, Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami, Florida, and Jaffee Center of Art Book Art. Her books are included in the book art collection at Harvard University Library and in the Sydney, Australia collection Bibliotheca Librorum Apud Artificem. Neaderland continues to direct ISCA and publish the ISCA Quarterly, of which one issue a year is dedicated to bookworks. 'this annual 'box of books' is a favorite of both artists and collectors. More than a dozen museums and educational institutions subscribed to the ''I.S.C.A. Quarterly'', helping to establish

as a legitimate art form. The ''Quarterly'' is thought to be the longest running international art assemblage project in the history of such collaborative projects. Examples of her book art and that of other collaborators in the I.S.C.A. Quarterlies book art editions are in the Special Collections and Archives of the James Branch Cabell Library on the Monroe Campus of

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. Neaderland donated a complete set of ''I.S.C.A. Quarterlies'' to

at Simon's Rock in

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, along with copies of all of her books, 62 in all. The Special Collections department at the

in Iowa City has an archive of I.S.C.A. xerographic art. Neaderland continues to make books, and she has created a book which is a catalog of her books. For thirty-five years she has used the photocopy machine as a creative tool, editioning prints and artists' books under the imprint (also known as the

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) of Bone Hollow Arts, located in

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. Some of Neaderland's works include ''Pandora's Box: 12 artists' books'', ''The Nuclear Fan'', and ''Force Grim Force: Violence is Legitimate Politics''. ''Force Grim Force'' shows a picture of a Peruvian woman passing a Peruvian government soldier who is on patrol in Ayachucho, Peru.

Critical reception

Joanna Scott, a writer for

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, discussed the "idiosyncratic appearances of

artists' books Artists' books (or book arts or book objects) are works of art that utilize the form of the book. They are often published in small editions, though they are sometimes produced as one-of-a-kind objects. Overview Artists' books have employed a ...

," which she thought might confound a reader/viewer unfamiliar with the content of two of the ISCA quarterlies, ''ISCA Quarterly: First Annual Bookworks Edition'' and ''ISCA Quarterly: Second Annual Bookworks Edition''. In addition, Scott categorized and reviewed the ISCA photocopy books according to their diverse forms (matchbooks, stamp books, scrolls, miniature calendars, slides, wallets, and envelopes), and according to their content (". . .''self helps'', which offer moral advice; ''narratives'', composed of broken or progressives successions of images; ''anthologies'', which collect borrowed images or parodies of familiar images; ''pattern pieces'', a catchall category for works that use original images in nonnarrative form; and ''ideologues'', which announce their purpose outright." In 1991 Tom Trusky, Director of the Idaho Center for the Book, interviewed and videotaped Neaderland in her studio at 800 West End Avenue in NYC, where her studio was located from 1967-1994. Roy Proctor, art critic for the Richmond News-Leader, said of Neaderland in a 1990 review of the exhibition ''Art ex Machina'' at 1708 Gallery, then located in

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in Richmond, Virginia, "She's living proof that, when a new technology begins to be mass-produced, artists will be curious enough--and imaginative enough--to explore its creative uses." In 1994 Proctor also reviewed ''Art ex Libris'', a curated invitational exhibition of artist's books, including books by Neaderland, at Artspace in Richmond, Virginia, then on Broad Street in Richmond Virginia. Artspace received a

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Technical Assistance Grant to produce video documentation of all the exhibited books in ''Art ex Libris'', including those by Neaderland. A short history of Xerox art in ''Fungiculture Journal'' profiles Neaderland and the development of the ''ISCA Quarterly'' in sections called ''"Laziness and the Invention of Tools"'' and ''"When the Muzak Ends."'' She experimented with various book art formats using xerographic processes, and Neaderland's books had a wide viewing audience in various

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and specific thematic or

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shows, for example an exhibition featuring flip books.

References

External links

Printed Matter, Inc: "Louise Neaderland and the ISCA Quarterly"

University of Iowa link contains information about ISCA and photo of Neaderland.

Online Archive of California: 3. Brown (Jean) papers 1916-1995 (bulk 1958-1985). Contributing Institution: Getty Research Institute::Special Collections. {{DEFAULTSORT:Neaderland, Louise Odes Collage artists Women collage artists Artists from New York City Bard College alumni American printmakers 1932 births Living people New media artists Xerox people Women book artists Xerox artists National Endowment for the Arts Fellows Book design American women printmakers 21st-century American women artists