Book Sculptures: printed 3-D artworks…
As I mentioned in my previous post, the books are 3 dimensional artworks which speaks. The pages are not only banded together but a new approach and form is given to it with the relation of its poetic and tactile value. Form of the book construct the identity of book in which the words, information and stories kept and represented to readers. This makes artists to criticize and think about the printed material as an object. In this context, many different contemporary books are done as sculptures.
Nicholas Jones is a sculptor who makes 3-D artworks from books and printed papers. He makes new interpretations by folding, cutting,carving, tearing, changing. The metamorphosis of printed pages, the act of creating is about the expression of the own story of book which impact our senses. It also refers to the human evaluation that improvement in subjects are made by books in history. Pages are turned and evaluated like human mankind…
Jacqueline Rush Lee is another artist who makes sculptures out of books. Her works are very intimate and sensitive which makes us feel the own history of the book and also soul of the book. She redefines books with transforming them into organic shapes reminds body. therefore, she makes something live, full of experience and soul that underlines the poetry of the book and relation to the human. What we see and what we understand from books is based on our own experiences and emotions so our relation with books creates its own meaning.
Another artist makes book sculptures is Alexander Korzer Robinson whose source is informative images and words. His works are looks like landscapes is made out of many layers with printed materials. The artist aim is focusing on the psychological aspect of books in order to make people connect with their inner life and memories through the layers. The materials are images and text from the history and encyclopedias but they turned into something different which we make our own narrative by our mental connections.
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