Book autopsies

[ellen_datlow]

As a book lover and collector, I have very mixed feelings about Brian Dettmer's art: he carves into books revealing the artwork inside, creating complex layered three-dimensional sculptures.

Book Autopsies


Yes, the results are sometimes gorgeous and always interesting, but I feel badly about the books he defaces --which include a book of Rembrandt's Paintings.

Comments

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

I think I own a copy of that Household Medical Guide. I'd never thought of it as art before.

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

See? So do you think you can create something beautiful out of it? ;-)

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Probably not with the book itself. Not like that, anyway! (I certainly wouldn't have thought of using the Cushing's Syndrome illuatration!) I've gotten stories out of medical stuff before, though.

Yes, I know, I'm weird. ;)

I do feel sad about the books, though.