LettersHere is a little sampling of book love from Turkish illustrator Ercan BAYSAL.Arch and booksPostcard-5 Oh, my God! Give me a house; full of books and a garden; full of flowers... - ConfuciusBook Computer Sea and ManBook and PigeonBook and forestBook and lightThe artist
Emma Taylor’s Sculptural Response
Emma Taylor came to book sculpture as a response to the advent of the ebook. "Inspired by the decreasing demand for books caused by the rise of eReaders and the use of technology." Taylor set out to capture the power that lies between the covers of a printed book.Book sculpture No. 1. Book used: The Shadow of the PastHer moniker is: “From within a book row on row a forest of knowledge continues to grow. While brackets and comma’s flourish and bloom, we fear the end begins to loom.”and it appears printed on a tag on that hangs on some of...
Portraits by Fernando Vicente
Mary Illustrator Fernando Vincente is back with a new series of author portraits. You might remember Vincente from a previous project featured on Book Patrol; his striking illustrations for a new edition of the Communist Manifesto.OscarEdgarEmilyCharles BaudelaireArthur RimbaudThanks for all the help in placing the last image - and for correcting me for misidentifying Baudelaire. He was originally called Ralph (Emerson).
Violence begets Violence: Arthistory by Matej Kosir
In his series Arthistory Matej Kosir tackles the prevalence of violence in society.History often shows us "that the winner of the violent conflict always has justified reasons to be violent, because he uses his dominance to (re)write the history" says Kosir.Kosir aims to show "our contradictory relationship to the violence, namely the use of violence in order to control it (either to stop it or to prevent its reappearing)."By taking noted paintings by artists like Delacroix, Goya and Manet and exerting his "dominance," in this case book burning, Kosir adds his violent act to the never-ending mix.Eugène Delacroix: Liberty leading the People, c-print,...
Kyle Kirkpatrick’s Carved Topography
Kyle Kirkpatrick's book sculpture creates a topography that makes me wish I was small enough to visit. He builds a miniature universe within a book.He transforms the violence and destruction of the carving act into a landscape that is both delicate and inviting.Enjoy!photos viah/t Colossal and My Modern Met,