Biblioman

Bibliophile books and book design from the collection of Igor Gazdík

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He lived and breathed books. The bibliophilia were both his unplanned escape from contemporary art and his lifelong delight as a collector. The book collection of Igor Gazdík (1943 – 2006), theoretician and art historian, librarian and bibliophile, was acquired by the SNG shortly following his death with the objective of preserving this extensive, specialised collection in its entirety.

Comprising several thousand items, the collection was in fact a residential library compiled over many years. It contained art historical publications, books from other humanities, fiction, poetry, and Slovak, Czech, and foreign language titles. But most especially it contained the "little books" (as Igor Gazdík affectionately named them), through which he carefully, thoroughly, and patiently composed his history of the bibliophile books.