Pop DelusionsA House of Credit Cards(backed with Chinese money)Richard Minsky, 2012 10" x 13¼" x 13¼" Minsky's credit cards, Chinese paper money, 23K gold leaf, binders' board, bookcloth, felt, linen tape, wood, J. B. Green handmade paper, acrylic, US$10 bills.It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truths, to mouths like mine at least. - Robert BrowningThe latest work from book art master Richard Minsky solidifies his position as one of the granddaddy's of political book art.With a powerful combination of credit cards, Chinese and American currency and copies of Charles...
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Fifty Shades of Grey on Fire
Calling the runaway bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey "bad for marriages and particularly bad for men" a radio show in Cleveland called on its listeners to bring copies of the book to a local establishment to have them burned.As usual with these covert marketing events the burning was a dud with just six copies of the book and one Nook going up in flames. Previously on book patrol: Church Plans on Burning the Qur'an on 9/11Digital Book BurningBurning Books to Stay WarmA Halloween Book Burning: Only God's Word Will SurviveThe Chinese Book Burner and the Great Wall of Books
Charlie Brown’s Library Worries
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Book Art from a Bookseller
It was Christmas season 2010 and senior bookseller Justin Rowe was in the process of trying to figure out what to do for a holiday window display at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop when his wife whipped out an old food magazine that had a recipe with a papercut background.The seed was planted and Rowe got to work. He created 3 book sculptures for the window display.The result was "pretty amazing" says Rowe. "Suddenly I’d look out of the window and there'd be eight people crowded round it. That was quite odd. Then I did it again last year, and...