Toronto: Plant Power, 2014 26.5 x 19.3cm, unpaginated (164pp) plus original wrappers. Artist's book with texts and images after works by Lexier This example is dedicated to Paul Robertson by Lexier on the half title. Currently not for sale.
Toronto: Hart House Review, 2015 21 x 15cm, 20pp plus card covers. The "Winter Supplement" for the literary journal of the University of Toronto with five full page contributions by Lexier alongside poems and short text works by Jacob Wren, Adam Gregory, Bayleight Fraser, Ben Ladouceir, Iris Liu and Hamish Ballantine. One of 250 hand numbered examples. VG+.
Hamilton: Hamilton Artists Inc, 2015 36 x 29cm, 20pp (self cover). Artist's book reproducing 228 line drawings of a soccer ball sent to the artist in response to a newspaper advertisement placed by Lexier in the Hamilton Spectator asking for such drawings. The advert is reproduced on the back page of this publication. VG+.
Toronto: Warby Parker, 2016 20.2 x 15.2cm, 72pp plus card covers. Artists' book with various geometric drawings by the artists - originally issued free for distribution at the Warby Parker stores in Canada. One of 1,500 examples. VG+.
North Adams: Massachusettes Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016 17 x 12.5cm, 208pp plus card covers Exhibition catalogue based on the placing of 100 specially designed coins in 100 corners in the museum building. 100 images of the placings. Essay by Denise Markonish. VG+.
Toronto: Drake Hotel, 2016 5 x 5cm, b/w temporary tattoo with a clock face with no hands. One of Lexier's common images - he leaves the work to be completed by the owner. Unlimited edition.
N.p.: Oakville Galleries, 2016 36 x 29cm, 16pp (self cover). Artist's book with only title on the front page and all other pages except the back cover being blank. The back cover indicates the artists and date. A self-describing publication which has a certain minimalist humour. VG+.
Toronto: Bay Adelaide Centre, 2016 Two 3.1cm dia. enamel and metal pin badges mounted on a 9 x 9cm printed card. An object multiple issued at the time of Lexier's installation in the Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower in Toronto. The badge designs match the two circle designs in the installation. Slight mark on card due to movement of one of the badges
Toronto: Brookfield Properties, 2017 23 x 18cm, 68pp plus pictorial boards. monograph and artist's book with a text by Sarah Milroy in English and colour and b/w photos by Tom Arban of the title installation (in the Bay Adelaide Centre, Toronto) which while seeming minimalist and perfect on inspection is in fact made up of white and black small ceramic tiles. VG+.
Toronto: Warby Parker, n.d. (2016) 20.5 x 17cm, unpaginated. Card covers. The text originally installed in the window front of the store in Toronto is reproduced at 50% of the original size with one letter or space on each page. The text reads: " THIS IS A SENTENCE IN WHICH EACH LETTER IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE UNTIL THE LETTERS ARE SO SMALL THAT YOU HAVE TO COME SUPER CLOSE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE READ THESE FINAL WORDS". Edition size not known. VG+.
N.p.: 5 x 7 books, 2017 12.5 x 18cm, printed white cardboard envelope content of 14 irregularly cut pieces of card which when assembled create two rectangles. Limitation unknown. Fine.
Toronto: The Drake Hotel , 2017 22.5 x 29.7cm, 1pp black on white letterpress print in original transparent envelope with shapes based on an oversized jigsaw puzzle and mural found in the Drake Hotel’s Devonshire Inn in Prince Edward County in Ontario made as a gift for participants at an event, the “Devonshire Day Trip” on August 27, 2017. Signed and numbered from an edition of 100. VG+.
N.p. (Montreal): ARTEXTE, 2017 36 x 29cm, 8pp (self cover). Artist's book in the format of a tabloid newspaper - with colour images of the artist's desk and study which have tiny changes in each (one for instance has one of a pair of spectacles missing compared with the other 7 colour images). A fun project. Issued as part of the Momenta Biennale de L'image in Montreal. VG+.
N.p. (Toronto): Birch Contemporary, 2017 40 x 32cm, 2pp print multiple which displays multiple outline images of the same group of 9 blocks with arrows showing different places one might add force and alter the blocks positions. Each subsequent image shows the blocks in a new configuration after that intervention. Folded to 20 x 16cm as issued. VG+.
Toronto: Swimmers Group, 2018 16.5 x 13.5cm, 40pp self-cover. Artist's book in the form of a zine showing photographs of an installation where Lexier hung cut out arrows to create a path of 67 steps. B/w throughout. VG+.
Toronto: s.p. (Lexier), 2018 14 x 21cm, red print on a blue envelope. The text reads "Micah lexier's contribution to the 2018 University of Toronto Artist's Multiples class consists of this text printed top left-hand corner of forty-five envelopes, each of which is a slightly different size, paper stock or style." hence ne of 45 unique works. In original plastic folder as issued. Fine.
Toronto: s.p. (Lexier), 2018 14 x 21cm, red print on a pink envelope. The text reads "Micah lexier's contribution to the 2018 University of Toronto Artist's Multiples class consists of this text printed top left-hand corner of forty-five envelopes, each of which is a slightly different size, paper stock or style." hence ne of 45 unique works. . Fine.
N.p. (Toronto): s.p. (Lexier), 2018 9 x 6.5 x 1.7cm, printed outer box content of 52 original commercial playing cards. The box has had a printed label showing a red grid on it glued on the back and a small hole drilled through the box at one of the intersections of the grid lines and all of the cards. Each box has the hole in a different place - hence creating 60 different objects. Each box is signed and dated in pencil by Lexier on the label. VG+.
Toronto: Birch Contemporary, 2018 36 x 29cm, 48pp (self cover). Artist's book and exhibition catalogue in the form of a tabloid newspaper surveying Lexier's long series of one minute drawings - the structure of each drawing being defined originally by the timescale. Later these works were transformed into wall works and sculptures. B/w installation views and other works reproduced with a text by Ian M. Thom in English. VG+.
N.p. (Zurich): Nieves, 2019 21 x 15cm, 16pp (self cover). Artist's book in form of a zine - the artist's daily swim is shown by a number of drawings By Shannon Gerard. One of only 100 numbered copies in original plastic sleeve as issued. VG+.
Zurich: Lars Muller Publishers, 2012 17 x 24cm, 392pp plus card covers. Artist's book with over 390 b/w images each chosen in turn by the two artists in a call and response - the first image (from Lexier) being reflected in a second responding image which often has similarities or associations to the first. VG+.
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