SOMEWHERE A DOOR SLAMMED.... 2009 Rosie Leventon is one of the new-breed of green artists cropping up around the world. Her work is deeply "grounded in a sensitive concern for the natural environment and how we use it." She "sees her work as interweaving a kind of personal archaeology with the archaeology of contemporary society and the physical archaeology of places." She is all about using local and recycled materials and resources whenever possible. Here's a look at three of her bookish "recycled sculptures." For SOMEWHERE A DOOR SLAMMED Leventon created a tower of paperbacks, mostly of the romance variety. In...
Julian Montague’s invented intellectual history of pest control
As part of his 2010 site-specific installation, Secondary Occupants Collected & Observed at Black & White Gallery, Julian Montague invented a intellectual history of pest control through covers of fictitious paperbacks. In addition to the covers the installation , which examined multiple aspects of animal/architecture engagement, included a rotten garden shed, 48 portrait banners and an assemblage of different specimens found and multiple photographs taken in the process of researching wildlife and architecture. Montague's appreciation for book cover design goes much deeper. Aside from his creations above he also maintains the Daily Book Graphics Project, a blog where he posts "some sort...
A Bookish Look at Art Basel 2013
Art Basel is the world's premier international gathering for Modern and contemporary art. The leading art galleries from all over the globe converge on its shows held in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong each year. Fortunately for those who can't make it to Art Basel 2013, which begins today in Basel, Switzerland, Artsy gives us a front row seat to the action. Here is a small sampling of works for the book set that are currently on view: Noriko Ambe, A Book of Minimum (2013). SCAI The Bathhouse Anselm Kiefer, Für Paul Celan: Rutengänger (For Paul Celan: Diviner) (2005-2007),...
Anouk Kruithof’s Book Wall
Anouk Kruithof likes to "invent new things out of fragments of the past"So it shouldn't be much of a surprise that the book is at the center of her work. Enclosed Content Chatting Away In The Colour Invisibility is an installation that reinvents itself everytime it appears. Comprised of about 3,500 books, many published in the old East Germany, the wall changes each time it is constructed. Using the size of the books and the colored page ends as her palette Kruithof builds these unique walls where books become colored bricks.Each time the wall is installed it is accompanied by a video loop...
The Trees of Julie Dodd
Forest: Lungs of the WorldJulie Dodd is a friend of the earth. Much of her work is devoted to raise awareness of the perilous nature of our approach to, among other things, trees.Her Year in Trees project is "a response to our involvement in the destruction of trees, concentrating on the importance and impact they have on the planet."One component, Forest: Lungs of the World tackles carbon dioxide. "Inspired by lung tissue, this miniature forest canopy emphasizes how trees are the lungs of the World."Then it is on to logging and the incredible piece Illegal Logging. Illegal Logging and finally, Pores for Thought where Dodd considers...