BookstoreIain Faulkner is pretty straightforward for someone born in the early 1970's. While many of the artists of his generation take a more conceptual angle Faulkner chooses to stay within a tight figurative approach.Girl reading, 2004The normalcy is refreshing.Returning Books 32 X 40 INCHES 2008Library ILibrary II, 2004 Writer OIL ON CANVAS 42 X 42 INCHESh/t and more photos at Reading and Art
Roald Dahl Papercuts
MatildaHere is paper artist Jayme McGowan at work illustrating her favorite Roald Dahl books.Why Dahl?:I wanted to do a series of pieces based on favorite books from my childhood, choosing just one author to narrow the theme. I picked books that I would enjoy re-reading now, as an adult, and Roald Dahl was the natural choice. I’ve always loved his dark humor, and the images his writing creates in my mind are so vivid — I knew they’d be fun to illustrate. Picking just five was tough, but I settled on Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG and, of course, James and the Giant...
Library Mayhem at the Super Bowl
The Oreo commercial.Cream or Cookie?Oreo's vs. Books?
Bibliotherapy: Doctors and Librarians team up to offer "Books on Prescription"
Imagine going to the doctor and getting a prescription that needs to be filled at the library.Beginning in May visiting the doctor in the UK can result in a prescription for books. Doctors can choose from a pool of 30 books dealing with specific conditions to “mood boosting books” chosen from fiction and poetry. Doctors "will write out a prescription that will give patients immediate membership at the local library, with recommendations for titles rather than letting their patients rely on Google’s search results."And better yet, the funding comes from the health budget and not the strained library budget.Can't think of a...
Kris Martin’s Idiot
Idiot. Kris Martin, 2005.Kris Martin's work provides a humorous existential twist on the ready-made.One of the seeds of his current show at Kestner Gesellschaft is Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot.For his 2005 piece Martin copied the entire text of the novel in his hand. It took him 5 months!There was one catch:He replaced every mention of Prince Myshkin with his own name!More if the exhibit at Contemporary Art Daily