Brian Dettmer’s exquisite carved books at Urtopia, a group show curated by
Kelly McCray at Toronto’s Edward Day Gallery.
In a sense, these works are the opposite of collage.
Using surgical tools, Brian Dettmer removes paper like an archeologist releasing
a fossil from layers of sediment, thereby unveiling connections between words
and images hundreds of pages away from each other. The results are breathtaking:
solid and sculptural, with a texture resembling the wood from which the paper pulp
once came.
please click it to enlarge ( it is worth it )
Monday, August 20, 2007
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2 comments:
that is absolutely amazing. the amount of detail and planning in that must be mind blowing.
i may just have to steal it for a post on my own blog.
wow talk about being meticulous
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