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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Not What You’d Expect
Spain’s ancient Andalusian city of Córdoba is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and not the place that you’d expect to find cutting-edge modern architecture. But away from the city’s glorious historic quarter the Madrid-based architecture group ParadesPino has developed a … Continue reading
As requested, More Book Art
Artist and advertising art director Su Blackwell’s stunning book art is based on her intricate scenes crafted by carefully cutting and folding book pages. Blackwell brilliantly reinvents the text to bring an entirely new dimension to storytelling.
Those zany Ukranians
Ukranian photographer and social commentator Danil Polevoy alters vintage photographs by adding at least one significant anachronism. Some are funny, some ironic, some bizarre and some challenging.
Posted in Art, Photography
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Mapa de Mundo (del Facebook)
An imaginative Facebook worker, Paul Butler (no relation) has created an astounding world map based on a visualization of Facebook “friendships”. Butler defined weights for every pair of cities as the function of Euclidean distance between them and the number … Continue reading
Have You Ever Wondered…
Have you ever wondered what art museum guards are thinking about all day ? Well, now you can find out. There’s a new art and literature magazine being published by professional museum guards. In fact, everyone involved with Sw!pe —writers, … Continue reading
First Cut Is The Deepest
Like most booklovers ( and bookdealers ), I still cringe a little at the notion of cutting-up a book for art. But the brilliant work by Japanese artist Ryuta Iida is definitely engaging. With just a knife and an old … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Asia, Books
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Things In Books
Many thanks to Evan Smythe for the link to the diverting site Things In Books photo of Terry Pratchett in Science of Discworld .
Hand, Voice & Vision in NYC
The Grolier Club will present an exhibition featuring artists’ books by thirty-six artists published over thirty years by Women’s Studio Workshop. Hand, Voice & Vision: Artists’ Books from Women’s Studio Workshop will be on display at the Grolier Club from … Continue reading
