Recycled Books: A Metaphor for Life.
Have you noticed the lack of actual bookstores recently? With the advent of the e-book, Kindle, iPad and the like, theorists are predicting the extinction of bookstores - much like the dinosaur - library's, bookstores and even newsstands will one day be a relic of the past. It is my personal opinion that reading a book, an actual book-book can never be replaced by a flat screen, but that's my opinion. Recently, I came across the work of artist, writer, musician and stage director Guy Laramee. He sculpts antiquated books into works of art. I think Laramee's work creates a poignant statement. Some of the books he uses are Encyclopedias - who remembers those? Those beautifully bound books, filled with gorgeous illustrations, that once offered the ease of knowledge at our finger tips, now completely replaced by the internet. Unlike the information found in those Encyclopedia's Laramee's sculptures are enhanced by time, since they are always in a state...