An Artist's Text Book, by Jan Svenungsson
a book on artists' writing. English language. 84 pages. 210x147 mm. ISBN 978-951-53-3009-3. No illustrations, except a facsimile page from Paul Klee's "Pedagogical Sketchbook". Published 2007 by the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts / Kuvataideakatemia in Helsinki. Copy editor: Andrew Shields. Graphic Design: Henri Tani.
From February 2019 the book is offered for free download from the publisher. Please go here.
In 2012 An Artist's Text Book was published in German translation (Ein Künstler-Text-Buch) as well as in a French translation (Écrire en tant qu'artiste). A Slovak translation appeared in 2014 (Umelec a písanie). A partial translation into Portuguese under the title A escrita de artista: o texto decisivo, como escrevo e como os outros escrevem was published online in 2025. Download PDF.
conference paper on book | (English) excerpt | Mick Wilson's essay | German translation | French translation | Slovak translation | all translations on one page