Artist: Melissa FormanBook: "Fragile Things" by Neil GaimanTitle: "An Authentic Illusion"Size: 26 x 32 inchesMedium: oil on panelThe exhibition is titled Literartistry and it is currently on view at the Corey Heldford Gallery in Los Angeles."As Michelangelo was inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy and John Everett Millais by Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet, each artist in Literartistry will base their piece on a book that has inspired or affected them."60 artists are represented offering visual interpretations of works that run the gamut from Dr. Suess to Neil Gaiman. A good portion of the show leans toward pop surrealismThe gallery has also...
A Megalister Exposed
If you look for books online with any regularity you know who they are.Their names show up on almost every search you do.Their prices, for the most part, are completely out of whack with the other listings for the book.Their descriptions are more often suited for the selling of commodities than books.Oh, and they don't own the books they are selling.A colleague of mine refers to them (and the online sellers who offer books for a penny) as the "termites eating away at the foundation of bookselling."Now it seems that one of these mega-listers, Anybook, has taken this insanity a...
Délires de livres: A Delirious Book Arts Exhibtion
It is produced by Am Arts and happens every two years. This year it was held in June in one of the medieval halls at the College of St. Andrew in Chartres, France. The exhibit featured 250 works from over 100 book artists. Over 3000 people attended.Here is a 5 minute video of the exhibit taken by book artist Pascal BaudThe Book Arts are thriving!Here is a slideshow featuring a selection of exhibited worksList of exhibitors (pardon the poor translation, it is machine-made)Photos via DesbThanks to Lee Kottner for the lead
Married M’s: A Logo Questioned
The Metropolitan Market is Seattle's upscale grocery chain. Aram Saroyan is an internationally known concrete poet.In a recent blog post poet Ron Silliman claims that the logo for the Metropolitan Market "appears to be have been stolen from Aram Saroyan."I am not sure if Silliman is simply making light of the similarities or is being accusatory.Here is the logo and Saroyan's creation. Yes, they are similar but if he is indeed serious I believe it is a bit of a stretch to claim that it might be stolen. At minimum the fonts are very different. I would have to think...
The Last Library on Earth
"After the last book was sealed into a storage vacuum, the last librarians on earth were given the honorable task of guarding mankind’s most delicate treasures. Thankfully we of the future had been training our librarians in combat techniques as cataloging books became much more difficult."Cartoon and post titled In the Age of Digital Libraries by Jeremy Hitchcock at “Welcome to the Future” (WTTF.org)Click on image to enlargeThanks to Library Stuff for the lead