Elevator 109 x 56 x 14 cm., 2012 Whether he chooses the dollhouse or the diorama for his container French artist Marc Giai-Miniet clearly shows a big love for books in small spaces. Three machines that want to know, 60 x 45 x 13 cm, 2012 Elevators, machines, technology, decay. It's all there in incredible detail and precision . Crime scene; Box 88 x 92 x 10 and 4 drawings 38 x 30.5 (Loustal), 2012 The suitcase 37 x 50 x 11 cm., 2012 What a world! Marc Giai-Miniet's website Previously on Book Patrol: A book from Queen Mary's Dolls' House Library grows up
Thinking with Hiroko Kono
Thinking-the book in dream, 2006. terra cotta, plaster. 165×70×60cm. Tokyo Metropolitan Art MuseumClose your eyes, hold on tight and away we go. Check out the "Thinking" set of sculptures from Japanese artist Hiroko Kono. Each ceramic goddess, with their eyes closed, exudes a dreamy confidence.detailThinking-to the memory- 2006 terra cotta37x39x32cm /SOFINA Kao CorporationClearly the book is the impetus for reflection and there are points where her hands disappear into the books. The book has become part of her.Thinking...and so onThinking ...and so on, 2005 Terra cotta,Plaster body-size and bust-sizeand here are a couple of bonus images of two other wood sculptures by Kono. Unfortunately, could...
The Free Book Incident: Nothing to Buy, Nothing to Return
Photo courtesy of Chris Burnside The Free Book Incident (FBI), a month-long experiment & celebration of books & community. Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers and Olson Kundig Architects have partnered to create a unique environment to celebrate the power of books and investigate what can happen when they are available for free. FBI is inspired in part by The Book Thing of Baltimore, an ongoing free book exchange whose "mission is to put unwanted books into the hands of those who want them". Wessel & Lieberman will be donating the books and Olson Kundig will be creating the space, which...
Engaged. The Women of Catherine Chauloux
In search of lost words. Oil on canvas, 40x40 cmWelcome to the world of French artist Catherine Chauloux (1957- ) where women are routinely engulfed in reading, writing and books. They are all actively engaged and completely absorbed in the act, each exuding two of the finer fruits of reading - confidence and independence.Enjoy.Words. Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cmErasures. Oil on canvas, 60x60 cmMedievalists. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cmShipbuilding Oil on canvas, 60x60 cmHildegarde. Oil on canvas, 40x40 cmAeronautica. Oil on canvas, 80x80cm
Portraits of Modern American Poets
Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss, circa 1925. Pastel on illustration board. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.You know if the National Portrait Gallery is going to hold an exhibit featuring the portraits of poets it's going to be a good one."Poetic License: Modern American Poets " pays homage to over 50 poets and includes over 75 works.Walt Whitman. G. Frank E. Pearsall, 1872. Albumen silver print. Courtesy the National Portrait GalleryThe exhibit looks at the partnership of poets and artists in the creation of modern culture.The core seeds of the exhibit are Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound and it all...