Over the past few years I’ve been exploring my obsession with books, making art for exhibition and standalone artist’s books for anyone to enjoy.
I’ve been lucky to work as part of the group Collective Investigations alongside Egidija Čiricaitė and George Cullen and to exhibit in some amazing venues. My books are owned by several prestigious collections including The Tate, The Victoria and Albert Museum and Chelsea College Special Collection.
I hope you enjoy the artwork.
My creative practice tends to fall into two categories: stand-alone artist’s books, and often site-specific work created for exhibition.
The artist’s books usually take the form of publications which can be enjoyed in their own and many use the structure of the book to create a deeper meaning. These works are often narrative based and on real, everyday events, or play on existing text.
Over the past few years there have been several trends in the work, from striking out text to create new text, to using QR (scannable barcodes) codes that can link to additional online content. You may also notice that Virginia Woolf makes an appearance from time to time.
Featured work includes:
The Unassuming Collection / Paperback £7 , Pamphlet £5
Lives and Books / for sale – £5
Mrs. Dalloway Variations / for sale – £4
The Good Reader: Between the Lines / for sale – £5
The Temporal Guide / not for sale
Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan for Divination / Paperback £7
I have exhibited widely and often enjoy making work that is site specific. One such project is Daily Miracles, created for Leeds College of Art.
Stuart’s beautiful sculptures look as if they have been excavated from the ground. The folded concrete from some building site, the stacked dusty-brown layers from a desert floor.
‘Life in the Folds’ is an installation that seems to be filled with objects from an alien culture. Comprised of video, sculptural objects, works on paper and a publication, the common thread that links these pieces are strange glyphs, which appear to be a form of language. The installation seems to be a hybrid between …
Continue reading “Book as Communicator: Life in the Folds, Carlos Amorales”
If Lai’s work weren’t safely behind glass, one might expect the aroma of baking to fill the gallery. ‘Bread Encyclopedia’, as the name would suggest, is comprised of a series of books, bound in bread. Each volume is lettered and tied with a string, as if ready to carry. And although the work itself dates …
Continue reading “Book as Domestic Object: Bread Encyclopedia, Maria Lai”
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