After the yearly bookfair held in Romainmôtier, a small quiet Swiss town near the border with France, artist Jan Reymond takes the remaining books and creates an installation. Reymond says he wanted to give the unsold books "a last life" before they got thrown away.The bookfair is held at the town church, a classic Romanesque structure that dates back to the 5th century. It is in one of these perfect Romanesque arches that house Reymond's installation. For Reymond the arch represents "spiritual power."This year the arch became home to a book framed doorway with books suspended from the top of...
"A Book in a Store is Worth 20 on a Web Site"
Holland Cotter has an inspiring review of the NY Art Book Fair in Saturday's New York Times. His piece titled Art Between Covers, on Walls and in Your Hands is a refreshing reminder that there is still life in books."A book in a store is worth 20 on a Web site," is how he begins his story. Cotter then gives us three good reasons why the book in a public space experience is vital to the health of our culture:1- "you can check out the book’s contents and condition without buying."It doesn't matter how good a return policy the e-tailer's...
Almost Naked
And the award for best use of a novel goes to this guy.His name is Mark Estes and it was his response to an assignment where he had to come up with a "Representation of a book title.This definitely expands the meaning of book covers.I can see an outbreak on the horizon of people taking photos with their books as coverings much like that viral YouTube thread from last year of people showing off their books to music.
Book Bench
pocketbench by Swiss artist Jan Reymond.Approx. 180 cm x 80 cm x 100 cm.price: $3500 euros.It would look great under that shelf of books you bought by the yard.Now imagine one where all the spines are the same color.If interested in or have questions about the one pictured please contact Book Patrol for additional information.Top photo © Piotr Jaxa
Book Art: The Coupland 50 and the Hirschhorn 37
Douglas Coupland is as much of a visual artist as he is a writer. With his book Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Coupland engraved his name on popular culture by tagging the post baby-boomer generation. Books; however, are more than words for Coupland.Coupland's latest book piece is titled Fifty Books I Have Read More than Once. Coupland takes the covers from the 50 books he has read more than once and glues them to the ends of wooden blocks, the length of which is determined by the books importance to Coupland. The installation is on view at the...