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ellen_datlow ([personal profile] ellen_datlow) wrote2007-09-24 05:37 pm

Book autopsies

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.

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2007-09-24 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Right. Unwanted books being repurposed is better than pulping them.

He's using only material from the actual book. There's at least one example of an all-text book--to me that wouldn't be as interesting to look at. Scroll down and you can see it: The ....of American English is the title of the book.