srijeda, 9. siječnja 2013.

Alexander Korzer-Robinson - book sculpting


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Opsesivne kolažne skulpture sačinjene od ilustracija "izrezbarenih" iz antikvarnih knjiga, narativni scenariji natisnuti u mali format. 
Strip-ikone u kojima se sve događa istovremeno.

www.alexanderkorzerrobinson.co.uk/



Woodland
Woodland
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Like a traditional sculptor carving away at a piece of stone, artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson eviscerates text and whitespace leaving only the images. In doing so he creates entirely new narratives using only the pre-existing illustrations, charts, graphs and other visual elements printed inside of each book. Of his work he says:
By using pre-existing media as a starting point, certain boundaries are set by the material, which I aim to transform through my process. Thus, an encyclopedia can become a window into an alternate world, much like lived reality becomes its alternate in remembered experience. These books, having been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passage of time, regain new purpose. They are no longer tools to learn about the world, but rather a means to gain insight about oneself. - www.thisiscolossal.com/


New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books

New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books
New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books


New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books
New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books
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Boys Own Annual, 1891
Herder 11
Canis
Boy's Own Annual, 1889
Garden
Gilles
Nouveau Larousse Illustre
Santa Muerte
Campaign

A History of the 19th Century
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New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books


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New Sculptural Collages Made from Antiquarian Books by Alexander Korzer Robinson sculpture paper collage books

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The Boy's Own Annual, 1880
The Boy's Own Annual, 1890

 Triste Tropiques
 Red Giant
 The Boy's Own Annual 1891 (large)
 The Boy's Own Annual, 1886
 Apparition
 The Boy's Own Anual, 1885
 Meyers Kleines Lexikon 6
 The Sunday At Home, 1894
 Childhood Pattern III
 Gustav's Dream II
 Habitat
 Our Lady of RiversWetlands
 The Life of Saints
 Night Garden
 Gilles
 Aviary
 What Gods May Come
 Brockhaus 15
 Brockhaus 14-14
 Tales from an Old World
 Old Garden
 Family Book
 Brockhaus 2
 Wild Sports of the World
 Gothic Tale
 Family Portrait

statement
Through my work in the tradition of collage I am pursuing a very personal obsession of creating narrative scenarios in small format. By using antiquarian books, it makes the work simultaneously an exploration and a deconstruction of nostalgia.

We create our own past from fragments of reality in a process that combines the willful aspects of remembering and forgetting with the coincidental and unconscious.
On a general level, I aim to illustrate this process that forms our inner landscape.
By using pre-existing media as a starting point, certain boundaries are set by the material, which I aim to transform through my process. Thus, an encyclopedia can become a window into an alternate world, much like lived reality becomes its alternate in remembered experience. These books, having been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passage of time, regain new purpose. They are no longer tools to learn about the world, but rather a means to gain insight about oneself.
 I make book sculptures / cut books by working through a book, page by page, cutting around some of the illustrations while removing others. In this way, I build my composition using only the images found in the book.
 Alexander Korzer-Robinson

 

 An 1892 collection of Boy's Own PaperThe Fountain

 A work created from German encyclopaedia Meyers Konversationslexikon
 
 
 An edition of illustrated French encyclopedia Nouveau Larousse Illustre3D Book artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson works on a creation in his studio in Bristol

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