Video: Paper sculptures from volumes of unnecessary literature
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It so happens that a book loses its incredible value for society, ceasing to be relevant. And then she has three paths: into waste paper, in order to be reborn later, into a stove to flare up and burn in a hot flame, turning into ash, or into the hands of an artist Nicholas Galaninthat will transform the useless volume into a useful and original work of art. Nicholas Galanin was born and raised in Alaska, where he learned the art of a carver from childhood, adopting the experience of many craftsmen, including his father. Then he studied at the New Zealand Massey University at the Faculty of Fine Arts, as well as in London, at Guildhall University, where Nicholas received a diploma in jewelry designer. However, it was the sculptures cut from thousands of book pages designed by the author in the What Have We Become? Series that brought him fame.
Handmade portraits, cut from old collections and reference books, are a kind of way to show the world that a person remains himself, even when he finds himself in an unconventional, unfamiliar and uncomfortable environment for him. And that it is books that shape our personality, transforming us into who we eventually become. Reading is power, and what power you need to have to manually cut out three-dimensional images of human faces from thick books!
Rethinking the role and significance of the book in our society, Nicholas Galanin did not become a pioneer, but only a follower. This kind of creativity as book carving is no stranger to Kylie Stillman, Kyle Kirkpatrick, Isaac Salazar and other sculptors, whom we have already written about on Culturology.ru.
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