Barer adjusts and molds the pages of old books to create a series of pieces that represent a variety of objects and themes that stand out from an top view perspective. The fossils and skeletons books leave behind by jacqueline rush lee. Dream tree started off as a novel titled enigma while blue butterfly book art by cara barer. I used a few old books to practice they look like these and liked them well enough to shelve in my niche at the top of the stairway. Martha stewart had an article in living with directions for folded page book sculptures. This is an example of paper art where the paper strones.
By creating these book sculptures barer is paying homage to an item that we have all grown up with and are familiar with, but which is sadly a dying trend, what with the digital age. Amazing book sculptures by jacqueline rush lee in 2020. Cara black frequents a paris little known outside the beaten tourist track. Today they are disposable, and we now use the internet for most of our information. I have changed a common object into sculpture in a state of flux. But i am looking i one sort of recycled materialbooks of which ross rixon and cara barer have both created pieces of art with. From there she began her practice and dove into the search for books as well alternate. American born artist cara barer trained at the glassell school of art and the san. Photographer cara barer has been working on a beautiful book art series since phone books, software manuals, reference books, and other obsolete and fine art photographer cara barer has created two new beautiful book sculptures. I was interested in showing fairy tales as artists books because it takes and already established story and presents it in a different way. I realized i owned many books that were no longer of use to me, or for that matter, anyone else. Gareth spors book sculptures are created by cutting and reassembling old books into various geometric forms. Cara barers inspiration came when she saw a rainsoaked yellow pages lying on the ground.
Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by cara barer. Cara barer photography book sculpture, book photography, paper. See more ideas about paper book, book art and book sculpture. Cara barer is well known for her book sculptures, book photography, and paper sculptures. She lives in san francisco with her husband, a bookseller, and their teenage son. Upcoming cara barer photography book sculpture, book. She is a graduate of the art institute of houston, the university of houston and the glassell school of art. See more ideas about book sculpture, book art and sculpture. Dream tree started off as a novel titled enigma while blue butterfly book art by. The blue butterfly by cara barer represents the metamorphosis of knowledge. Portfolio cara barer photography book sculpture, book. Barer uses books that have been abandoned and that no longer have a purpose. Artspace is independent from the buyers and sellers that participate in the artspace auctions and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employeeemployer or franchiserfranchisee or fiduciary relationship is intended or.
Often fixating on the physics of light, the cosmos, and the geometries of space and time, i work across a diverse range of media to explore the. Noriko ambe and cara barer both use books to create beautiful aesthetic coloured shapes. Check out these stunning photographs by photographer and sculptor cara barer. Barer adjusts and molds the pages of old books to create a series of pieces that represent a variety of objects and themes that stand out from an top view perspective against a solid black background. Aug 27, 2009 in his post at galleycat, cover trends. Coffee and cigarettes colossal art book sculpture simply red shades of red altered books book crafts installation art art lessons. Incredibly beautiful book art of cara barer strictlypaper.
Texas based photographer cara barer puts a new meaning in book art through her colorful sculptures out of discarded phone books, computer manuals, maps and the like that she transforms and then photographs. There are many artists who also slice, dice and crumple their books into incredible distortion, that is impossible to resist. Colsubsidio hidden tales red riding hood and sherlock holmes. Cara barer, new work hulsewarman gallery, taos, nm s information revisited encyclopedia britannica project, belskie museum of art and science, closter, nj g unbound. See more ideas about book sculpture, cara, artwork display. Sep 04, 2012 photographer cara barer has been working on a beautiful book art series since 2004. Cara barer cara barer is a texasborn and raised artist whose art uses books distorted in various ways that make them unrecognizable. As i begin the process, i first consider the contents of each volume. Cara barer photography book sculpture, book photography. Paper book paper art cut paper altered book art up book book nerd book folding handmade books old books available for sale from klompching gallery, cara barer, explorer 2011, archival pigment print, 36. Dream tree started off as a novel titled enigma while blue. Tomatoes photo by victor schrager red colour palette, red color, pantone red. In doing so, she is able to coax new meaning where there was only typeset text before.
Coptic, exposedbinding sketchbooks by unknown artist, found via poppytalk. Cara barer is an internationally recognized houston based photographer. This softcover, perfect bound catalog features 25 images from the june 28 august 9, 2014 exhibition. Her inspiration stems from a random encounter where she discovered a rainsoaked yellow pages. Youth no longer want to purchase books, opting instead to. After soaking it in the bathtub for a few hours, it had a new shape and purpose each book tells me how to begin according to its size, type of paper, and sometimes contents. A national exhibition of book art, bedford gallery, walnut creek, ca tesserae fotofest 2010, design works gallery, galveston, tx.
My favorites are the works of cara barer, jacqueline rush lee. Cara barer artist biography, past and future exhibitions. Texas based photographer cara barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which she then photographs. Su blackwell uses books to build beautiful sculptures which represent the story they are built from. Truth is, i liked the fact that they had red hardcovers and i needed that color there. In a world where digital technology has transformed the way we read and learn, barer questions the future of books through her work. See more ideas about book sculpture, sculpture and book art. She has seen the shift of books and how technology is taking over the physicality of having a book.
Each book tells me how to begin according to its size, type of paper, and sometimes contents. Jan 4, 2014 cara barer is an internationally recognized houston based photographer. Fine art photographer cara barer has created two new beautiful book sculptures. Paper book paper art cut paper altered book art up book book nerd book folding handmade books old books available for sale from klompching gallery. Cara barer has influenced me in a lot of my work and is my favourite artist in this topic. Cara barer, accumulation, date unknown still life 2, close image, drag. New blossoming book sculptures by cara barer my modern met. New blossoming book sculptures by cara barer my modern metropolis. Cara barer, 1966 2009 this book was an encyclopedia from the year 1966, barer told me. Says barer, no important books have been injured during the making of any of these photographs.
Cara barer is an american artist from texas born in 1956 who transforms old books into a form that is very beautiful. Apr 11, 2012 cara barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which she then photographs. See more ideas about book sculpture, book art and art. Amazing book sculptures by jacqueline rush lee in 2020 book. In the past, books were much more important, and a path to knowledge. The book art of robert the, cara barer, and jacqueline rush lee jacqueline rush lee endoskeleton this book was fired in a kiln until it reached a petrified state. Sculpted, dyed, and then photographed, the books are elevated to works of art by the end of her long metamorphosis. Shop abstract photography and other fine photography from the worlds best art galleries. Phone books, software manuals, reference books, and other obsolete and discarded books find their way into her work.
Photographer cara barer has been working on a beautiful book art series since 2004. Barer has been represented in numerous exhibitions across the u. Fine art photographer cara barers book sculptures photos. I therefore decided for my artists book i wanted to re tell the story of rapunzel.
A short survey of book art bedford art center, san francisco, ca g. Cara barer, new century i chose this piece because i thought it was clever how cara barer has evolved this book into looking like a women with wild hair wearing a red cape. Interesting reminder of papers capabilities and tactility. I transform books into art by sculpting them, dyeing them and then through the medium of photography presenting them anew as objects of beauty. She soaks, dyes, folds, and otherwise alters the books in various ways for the final effect. Cara barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which she then photographs. New work klompching gallery 89 water street brooklyn, ny 11201 2127962070 opening reception thursday, march 29th, 68 pm. Beautiful book sculptures from jacqueline rush lee. This sculptural book photo project was inspired by an edition of the houston yellow pages that cara barer ran into on the street.
Absolute depth, anthologia, peacock, inside out, unfurled. Visitors will find autonomous painting, sculpture, photography and graphic art as well as. Raw, encaustic, bronze belle brooke studio and gallery. Thank you to the reader that sent me jacqulines website. My photographs are primarily a documentation of a physical evolution. We did little red riding hood i did the calligraphy. Andrea schwartz gallery will be showing my work at red dot miami. Designed for cpa by takigawa design, the book also includes statements from the artists, cara barer and mary ellen bartley. With that said, please enjoy this selection of paper sculptures, origami, animations, paper fashion, installations. Book ends photographs by cara barer and mary ellen bartley curator, jerry takigawa june 28 august 9, 2014 lecture, carpenter hall, june 28th at 3. Butterfly 2 2006 fine art photographer cara barer transforms old books into complex works of art, breathing new life and purpose into objects that would ordinarily collect dust or be discarded.