An international survey of approximately one hundred contemporary artists' books from the last two decades, this exhibition included "fanzines," assemblies, exhibition catalogues, visual poetry, sketchbooks, and illustrated books, as well as collaborations between artists and the commercial world, such as fashion designer catalogues. Also featured was a slide projection component, titled "Itinerant texts," commissioned for the exhibition and produced by Book Works, a London-based artists' books publisher. Curated by Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot, the exhibition also included twenty-two titles from the 1960s and ’70s (drawn from the Museum of Modern Art/Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection) that provided a historical introduction.

Exhibition Itinerary: Weatherspoon Art Gallery (February 8–April 5, 1998); Emerson Gallery (August 31–October 18, 1998); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (October 31, 1998–January 3, 1999); Lowe Art Museum (February 18–April 4, 1999); Western Gallery, Western Washington University (April 26–June 25, 1999); and University Gallery, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (November 5–December 18, 1999).