Amsterdam: Van Zoetendaal, 2020. Softcover 650 copies. 88 pp, 16 x 23 cm. Ruth van Beek uses the established visual codes of photography to guide viewers into a belief in the incredible rarity or importance of the depicted object, even when that object is unidentifiable. From a growing archive of..... Item #20420
Gent / New York: Art Paper Editions / Dashwood Books, 2018. Softcover 1,500 copies. 15,5 × 21 cm, 508 pages, color / b&w. Published by A.P.E. and Dashwood Books How To Do The Flowers draws upon the extensive archives of Ruth van Beek. The images from this archive are constantly..... Item #18177
New York: Dashwood Books, 2015. softcover in slipcase signed and numbered Limited Edition. Slipcased signed and numbered in a Limited Edition of 20 of the Dashwood Books Series. Item #14700
New York: Dashwood Books, 2014. 150 copies. Shipped in tube. 23 x 27inches. Item #14325
New York: Dashwood Books, 2014. Soft Cover First Edition. Ruth van Beek’s highly original aesthetic draws upon a growing archive of found photographic material using specialist books, catalogues and magazines from the 50s, 60s and 70s as it’s primary source. She has found ways to produce odd and playful collages by..... Item #14663
Vancouver: New Documents, 2017. Softcover First Edition. Ruth van Beek is a Dutch artist and bookmaker based in Koog aan de Zaan. Her work uses a growing archive of found photographic source material taken from vintage books and magazines. Item #16953
Paris: RVB Books, 2016. Softcover First Edition. Item #16731
New York: Dashwood Books, 2015. softcover. Complete set of the regular edition. The series to be published annually is to introduce a variety contemporary photographers and reintroduce largely unknown work from the past to a contemporary audience serving as a reflection of Dashwood's own curatorial theme. Item #15245
Paris: RVB Books, 2013. softcover. Following the success of The Hibernators by independent French publisher, RVB, van Beek turns from cuddly pets to household plants. In using vintage images spliced together she creates brand new species; funny, low-fi collages that are strangely engaging with a curious textural quality. Item #12994
Paris: RVB Books, 2011. softcover 200 copies. By taking vintage images of pets of the guniea pig and hamster world and splicing them together or just folding them and rephotographing Van Beek creates a new species of cuddly pets. Low-fi, funny and curiously good. Item #11260
