A mountain of paperwork...

I've recently came across the work of Guy Laramee and his book sculputres.

Biblos and The Great Wall are two incredible series of carved book landscapes and structures where the dense pages of old books are excavated to reveal serene mountains, plateaus, and ancient structures.

The artist says:

So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes. Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they become hills. Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is happening. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to say anything, that which simply IS. Fogs and clouds erase everything we know, everything we think we are.

RGB

I've always had a big interest in colour, the different ways it can be used and percieved.
When I came across this exhibition, I just had to share it with you.

These photos are from an exhibition of work by RGB.....

RGB’s technique consists in the overlapping of three different images, each one in a primary color. Seeing the three colours together is magnificant although a little disorienting.
Individual images merge together and the eye finds it hard to focus on just one part.
However, viewing the images through a colored filter (a light or a transparent material) it is possible to see each layer individually.
The filter’s colors are red, green and blue can be used to reveal one of the three layers.

Simply awesome!

WOW!

I recently came across the work of Paul Cadden. www.paulcadden.com
Cadden is a Scottish-born hyperrealist artist who creates AMAZINGLY realistic artworks using only graphite and chalk!
I've seen quite a bit of hyperrealist stuff before but these are incredible.
They look like freakin photgraphs!

Day 9

Bug #9

I also found this paint sculpture. The imge is created using sound vibrations. The set up is part of a speaker drum and droplets of pigment are placed on top. There are cameras all around when the sound vibrations start, the cameras go off in succesion taking a full 360degrees.

Thus creating these beautiful images. Amazing!

Van Gogh Shrubbery....

I was in London recenlty and of course I took a wee visit to the National Gallery. At the moment there is an amazing representation on Van Gogh's Wheatfield with Cypresses outside, made from plants. I didn't realise what it was at first because I was so close but once I stood back I could see it. Its interesting becuase I imagine its going to change as the plants grow or die, creating a different image each time you go by. What a great idea!