The Self-Help Library
Series of 54, custom-made hardbound books, 2021 - 2025
A collection of 50, oddly specific self-help books that I wish had existed to help me become a better parent, man, citizen, worker and anything else needed to succeed as an immigrant trying to make home in the American Southwest.
The Self-Help Library was Initially developed in collaboration with Tempe Public Library and commissioned by Tempe Public Art. The library has been exhibited at Phoenix Art Museum, Tucson Art Museum, Practical Art Gallery, El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte de Ciudad Juárez, Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University, Public Space One Close House and Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.
Photos by Deanna Dent and Samantha Chow.
Select books from The Self-Help Library collection:
