Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Homage To Books

Our recent project is homage to books. In this project I will be limited to 3 colours, 3 A1 sheets, 3 drawing materials, 3 photographs, 3 materials and 3 outcomes. I have started to research artists that use books in their work. I used ThisIsColossal.com I typed in books and so many professional outcomes came up. Below are a few I found really interesting and eye catching.

                                                                 Meg Hitchcock
I really fell in love with Meg Hitchcock's work. I liked the use of taking already written words, cutting them up, adjusting the shapes to create a beautiful pattern with text. I have taken a page from an old book and I have rewritten the passage by cutting up the text and creating a poem from that certain page.
The Satanic Verses: “Repentance” from the Koran (detail); letters cut from “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie, 21 x 19 in, 2012

                                       Throne: The Book of Revelation; letters cut from the Koran, 44.5 x 30 in, 2012

Throne: The Book of Revelation (detail); letters cut from the Koran, 44.5 x 30 in, 2012



This next artist is Alexander Korzer-Robinson. He uses a book as a starting point and removes all the text leaving the images. The images combined create an image as a whole. I want to try this! The results look lovely!
New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books

New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books
New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books
New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books

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