A City’s Trash, an Artist’s Treasure
As a cataloger, I get a glimpse of every title that enters our library collection. This includes books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, and even some obscure one-off publications not found in any other institution. One particular item that grabbed my attention was an exhibition catalog as old at the Amistad Research Center itself. It’s called “Junk Art: 66 Signs of Neon,” a catalog accompanying an art display at the Firsts Annual Watts Art Festival in 1966. It’s short, only