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Alexander Korzer-Robinson: Cut Book Art

May 24, 2012 By Wendy Campbell

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Drawing from a background in psychology, Bristol UK based artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson focuses on the notion of the “inner landscape”.  Using discarded materials, Korzer-Robinson makes objects as “an invitation to the viewer to engage her/his own inner life in order to assign meaning to the artwork.”

His cut book art is made by working through the books, page by page, cutting around some of the illustrations while removing others. The images seen in the finished work, are left standing in the place where they would appear in the complete book. As a final step the book is sealed around the cut, and can no longer be opened.

Of his work, Korzer -Robinson says: “As we remember the books from our own past, certain fragments remain with us while others fade away over time – phrases and passages, mental images we created, the way the stories made us feel and the thoughts they inspired. In our memory we create a new narrative out of those fragments, sometimes moving far away from the original content. This is, in fact, the same way we remember our life – an ever changing narrative formed out of fragments. This mostly subconscious process of value judgements and coincidence is what interests me as an artist and as a psychologist. Through the artistic work, these books, having been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passage of time, regain new purpose. They are no longer tools to learn about the world, but rather a means to gain insight about oneself.”

To see more of Alexander Korzer-Robinson’s work, visit AlexanderKorzerRobinson.co.uk.




Filed Under: ART, Sculpture Tagged With: Alexander Korzer-Robinson, Book Sculpture, Cut Book Art, English Art, UK Art

Brian Dettmer: Textonomy

March 4, 2012 By Wendy Campbell

American-Peoples-Brian-Dettmer (Image Courtesy of the Artist and Toomey Tourell Fine Art)Some recent work by master book sculptor Brian Dettmer (featured). Dettmer currently has a solo exhibition entitled “Brian Dettmer Textonomy” at Toomey Tourell Fine Art in San Francisco.

“In this exhibit, Dettmer continues his investigation of the book as both artifact and object- a kind of intersection of sculpture, information technology, poetic text and historical tract. Each separate work pursues and promotes its own philosophical, economic or political agenda while at the same time asserting its specific form, or sculptural reconfiguration. The books take on a life of their own- as an original, compelling means of presenting text or graphic elements, but also revealing in the process fresh subtexts, and visual juxtapositions. This revealed symbology begins to make new connections, often re-arranging disparate pieces of information which then create new meanings. New narratives stream from his arrangement of fragments and images- a hijacking, or intervention of the existing form resulting in a work of art uniquely his own.” (from Toomey Tourell)

“Textonomy” run through March 31, 2012. To see more, visit BrianDettmer.com or see Dettmer’s profile on Flickr.




Filed Under: ART, Sculpture Tagged With: Altered Books, Book Sculpture, Brian Dettmer, Textonomy

Brian Dettmer: Book Sculpture

August 24, 2010 By Wendy Campbell

 

More great work from Atlanta, Georgia based artist Brian Dettmer. “Dettmer sifts through stacks of old books, boxes of dusty cassette tapes, and piles of obsolete maps to uncover the perfect source and subject for his conceptual explorations and sculptural dissections. Dettmer alters pre-existing materials by selectively removing and manipulating elements as a way to allow new interpretations and ideas to emerge. With the precision of a surgeon, Dettmer uses clamps, scalpels and tweezers to recontextualize his found objects and reveal hidden meanings.” (from Kinz & Tillou Fine Art)

To see more of Brian Dettmer’s altered books, visit his Photostream on Flickr or check out BrianDettmer.com for Gallery information.





Filed Under: ART, Sculpture Tagged With: American Art, Book Sculpture, Brian Dettmer

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