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Zine cover with a blue drawing of a naked person reading a book. The title is handwritten at the top and bottom in black. 'Ex Libris' is written in red next to the drawing.

Ex Libris: Bookplates by Nineteen Artists

Emma Kohlmann and Charlotte Kohlmann, 2021.
 
A perforated book of 19 bookplates made by different artists from around the country and Denmark. Each bookplate can be ripped out neatly and used as a form of personal identification for books, diaries, etc.                                                                  

Book spread of collaged images and drawings on top of bright pink paper.

Marcel Dzama: Who Loves the Sun

Marcel Dzama, 2021.
 
\Who Loves the Sun is a new zine designed by Dzama on occasion of the 2021 exhibition at David Zwirner in New York. The zine features details from an array of new drawings in the show, which expand on Dzama's interest in travel and nature.                                                                  

A zine spread with a single full-bleed image of a blue sky and clouds with rays of light shining through.

The Light in the Dark with the Neon Arms

Soner Ön, 2011.
 
The Light In The Dark With The Neon Arms was inspired by religious pamphlets, with their imagery of light breaking through clouds, that Ön came across daily in Flatbush, Brooklyn. All the images he selected for this artist’s zine were lifted from Google image search results for ‘God’.

Two full pages of abstract cartoon-style black and white ink drawings.

Sumi Ink Club at Family

Sumi Ink Club, 2010.
 
Sumi Ink Club is a participatory drawing project established in 2005 by Los Angeles-based artists Sarah Rara and Luke Fischbeck.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

A zine spread of two drawings. The left drawing is of a slightly curved fish with text over the body. The second drawing is of a cityscape which mimics the curve of the fish but opposite, forming an oval.

Los Dos

Maren Preston, 2013.
 
Los Dos is inspired by Preston's backpacking trip through Bolivia and Argentina in 2013. This zine was created from drawings, poems and words (Spanish and English) recorded in her travel journal and is split into 2 sections which meet in one middle page, creating a story that can be flipped around and read from either direction. 


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