An exhibit at the Grolier Club in Manhattan this month explores the things that look like books, but aren’t
In the elegant second floor gallery of Manhattan’s Grolier Club, a haven for serious-minded rare book collectors, Mindell Dubansky presents something novel: her collection of blooks.
You read that right. Blooks is an abbreviation of “book-look”, what she further describes as “a thing that looks like a book, but isn’t one”. From book-shaped biscuit tins to books made of stone, her exhibit, Blooks: The Art of Books That Aren’t, is the first major survey of the decidedly quirky – but utterly delightful – topic.
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