The book as artistic medium plays a key role in the praxis of Louise Bourgeois, Tony Cokes, Isa Genzken, Birgit Jürgenssen, R.H. Quaytman, Ed Ruscha, Michael Snow, Sol LeWitt, as well as in the contemporary work of many young artists in Austria and abroad. Books are used as instruments to create poetic visions and to broaden the scope of concept art. The artists’ books in the TURNING PAGES exhibition inspire discussion of gender roles and sociopolitical issues that document the changes of our time. The book is at the same time a form of cultural memory and commemoration. Artists in the exhibition experiment with this medium, transcending traditional boundaries between image, text, material, film, and music—against the backdrop of our digital world.