Facade at Kansas City Public LibraryTaking their inspiration from the magnificent painted facade of the Kansas City Public Library an art group in Tyumen, Russia going by the name of "Color of the city" have transformed a run-down building in a local schoolyard into a painted bookshelf. More images here at the original post in Russian
The Feverish Library at Friedrich Petzel
Burgess Meredith in the book-drenched Twilight Zone episode "Time Enough At Last"They speak (I know) of the “feverish Library whose chance volumes are constantly in danger of changing into others and affirm, negate and confuse everything like a delirious divinity.” - Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of BabelFront: Richard Artschwager. From left to right: John Stezaker, Richard Prince, Stephen Prina The exhibit is organized in cooperation with noted curator and director of the non-profit alternative art space White Columns, Matthew Higgs.“The Feverish Library” brings together a number of artworks whose premises are predicated on the book as a conceptual, psychological, and cultural form. In...
The Biblio-Surrealism of Jonathan Wolstenholme
Nothing pleases us more here at book patrol than happening upon an artist with a book slant. So one can imagine how excited we got when we came across the work of British artist Jonathan Wolstenholme.Three Wise Books, 2005With a keen eye, meticulous detail, and a deep appreciation for the book Wolstenholme places the codex at the center of his universe. His anthropomorphic style oozes with the love of books.The Collector, 2005Crime Writer, 2003You Cannot Judge a Book..., 2004More images herePrints of some of the images are available here
Book Gris. Part II
Pierrot with Book ca. 1924Here is the second installment featuring the representation of books in the work of noted Cubist painter Juan Gris.Enjoy!The Open BookThe Book of MusicBook and GuitarStill Life with Guitar, book and newspaperStill Life with Book, 1913Previously on book patrol:Book Gris: Cubism, Juan Gris and the Book
Inside the Library with Christoph Seelbach
Abbey Library in AustriaLuckily, one of the places German architectural photographer Christoph Seelbach likes to take pictures is at the library.Seelbach traverses his home country and other biblio hot-spots in Europe to capture the internal grandeur of the library. Abbey Library in Austria From the classic Abbey Library in Austria to the more contemporary City Library in Malmo, Sweden Seelbach invites us on a journey through these shrines to the printed word. former Jesuit College library in Amberg,University and State Library Halle, Germany Saxony State and University Library, Dresden City Library. Malmo, Sweden Seelbach seems to be following in the footsteps of fellow...