from Nakaji Yasui and Tampei Photography Club. Lot 42On May 19 Christie's will be holding an auction of Photobooks. The 191 lot event features many of the 20th/21st century's leading photographers.About the auction Sven Becker, the photography specialist at Christie's, tells Book Patrol:The selection is representative of the broad trends in photobooks from about 1900 to the present: from Henry Emerson's Marsh Leaves (1895) right up to Christieen Meindertsma's Pig 05049 (2007). The auction includes fantastic copies of great rarities: like Bellmer's Les Jeux de la Poupee (lot 55) or Jack Smith's The Beautiful Book (lot 75). But it also...
Anselm Kiefer’s "Hortus Philosophorum"
Verunglückte Hoffnung, 2008. Lead and pottery. 51 1/4 x 67 x 78 3/4 inchesThe Rome branch of the Gagosian Gallery is currently featuring an exhibit of new work by German artist and Book Patrol favorite Anselm Keifer. The exhibit is titled "Hortus Philosophorum"The exhibition includes a group of eight sculptures that "evoke some of the central themes in his work deriving from his assiduous study of poetry, mythology, and cultural history." Each of the sculptures incorporate Kiefer's signature lead books.Danae, 2008. Lead, gold granules and aluminum sunflowers. 53 1/4 x 63 x 149 1/2 inches"By constructing elaborate scenographies that cross...
Altered Bookmark
click to enlargeAltered books are one thing but altered bookmarks open up a whole new can of worms.Back in November of 2007 the Book Design class from Cornish College of the Arts paid a visit to Wessel & Lieberman. One of the students, Mare Odomo, grabbed a bookmark and went to work. I am not sure where the glove part comes from but; nonetheless, what a treat to see.See more of Mare Odomo's work at Flickrand here's an Altered Bookmark project for the kids via suite101.com
The Bookshelf Portraits of Victoria Reichelt
Possession Obsession, oil on canvas, 2008, 46 x 86cmTolstoi, oil on canvas, 2006, 50 x 50cDavid Sequeira, oil on canvas, 2008, 80 x 60.5cmNapoleon, oil on canvas, 2006, 60 x 60cmAustralian artist Victoria Reichelt has been painting bookshelf portraits for a few years. Recently, she began painting portraits of the bookshelves of actual people."This was a different way to do a portrait - because the decisions people make about the books they choose to buy, keep and display, reveals a lot about them. It offers a deeper insight into their interests and inspirations" Reichelt told the Inside Out blog who...
Books – "The New Wireless Platform"
click to enlargeThis clever webstrip, titled "Progress," appeared at Penny Arcade earlier this week.