Sanctuary | Library.
2012
micro pens and gouache on tracing paper, laid over gouache painted mount board
#Books #art #buildings #architecture
1 month ago on April 28, 2012 at 03:20pm with 120 notes
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conducting a little research in the library (Taken with Instagram at Dallas Museum of Art)
“I think you’d like it here. Words fill the room and silence holds them there. It’s a sanctuary for the wise and a mecca for the curious - wish you were here”
The Librarian, 1960
George Herms
American, 1935-
Assemblage: wood box, papers, books, loving cup, and painted stool
57 x 63 x 21 in. (144.8 x 160 x 53.3 cm)
Norton Simon Museum
Read the Books by marklarson on Flickr.
Start your piles for March is tomorrow!
Trong G. Nguyen | Books on Rice Kernels
“Each grain of rice contains a single word written in ink - with the book titles written on grains painted gold. The complete text or individual chapters written word for word on rice kernels.”
Books on Rice Kernels
Library 2007-Present, Rice kernels, ink, gold paint, gold leaf, clear mylar. Each grain of rice contains a single word written in ink - with the book titles written on grains painted gold. The complete text or individual chapters written word for word on rice kernels. 5 x 3-1/2 x 1/4 inches each
library; roland barthes: la chambre claire (complete book, 48 chapters) | trong g. nguyen | 2007-present | rice kernels, ink, gold paint, gold leaf, clear mylar | one word = one rice kernel
From Paul Thurlby’s Alphabet (2012)
What can I do, my dear, to catch your ear?
I love you madly, madly, Madam Librarian.
Artist Carves Vintage Books Into Astoundingly Intricate 3D Sculptures (Photos) : TreeHugger ›
Like an anthropologist of written knowledge, artist Guy Laramée excavates beautiful landscapes and monuments from the pages of old books.
Wall sculptures by Federico Uribe
(via thelifeguardlibrarian)
#art #books #pencils #sculpture
4 months ago on January 05, 2012 at 01:12pm with 933 notes
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The People’s Library (Molly Crabapple)
‘Use your library…you’ll miss it when you leave’ by Rebecca Cobb (via Advice to Sink in Slowly: Designers Share Wisdom with First-Year Students in Poster Series | Brain Pickings)
