• Titre : Book Paintings and Sculptures
• Auteurs : Mike Stilkey
• Année de création:
• Référence : MARTÍN, Alicia, Book Paintings and Sculptures, [en ligne]. https://www.mikestilkey.com/, (Site consulté le 2 juillet 2017).
• Démo:
• Lieu de trouvaille : http://www.cubebreaker.com/mike-stilkey-book-paintings/
• Support numérique de l’œuvre : Aucun (livre papier)
• Caractéristiques médiatiques : peinture
• Types d’interaction : Aucune
• Thèmes : série de sculptures/peintures, figure du livre
• Langue : N/A

• Description existante : « Artist Mike Stilkey uses the covers of books reclaimed from library trash heaps as a canvas for his whimsical paintings. He works with a mix of ink, colored pencil, paint and lacquer to create each artwork that can vary from anthropomorphic animals playing instruments to portraits of men and women inspired by Weimar-era German expressionism. Elements of his playful and at times emotionally exaggerated style have been compared to Edward Gorey and Egon Schiele.The Los Angeles-based artist credits an immersion in skateboard culture during much of his youth as the beginning of his artistic career, as he simultaneously became exposed to graffiti and street art, though he received no formal training. His work has since been exhibited throughout the United States as well as internationally in galleries, museums, and libraries. Stilkey most recently had a solo show at Gilman Contemporary in March, and had several pieces on view through BDX-LAX Faraway So Close, a cultural project that promotes contemporary art between sister cities Bordeaux and Los Angeles. You can learn more about his work in this three part video interview from Fully Booked (Part 2, Part 3), add see much more over on Facebook. (via Lustik) »

Source: Agnostica. « Alicia Martin’s Biografias Installation ». Article sur le site <http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/07/new-paintings-on-salvaged-books-by-mike-stilkey/>. Consulté le 13 juillet 2017.

Pour images: http://www.ufunk.net/artistes/alicia-martin-books/

Citations de l'artiste:

« Je voulais montrer à quel point les livres sont important pour la culture et l’éducation »

« Tout au long de notre vie, nous organisons nos pensées et nos sentiments dans les livres, mais cela se fait souvent d’une manière désordonnée, comme les sculptures »

Référence: http://www.toute-lactu.com/2012/06/25/une-artiste-cree-des-cascades-de-livres/

Sobre el libro y su relación con el trabajo de Alicia Martín se ha escrito: « Las bibliotecas se construyen por acumulación de saberes y su clasificación es el primer paso hacia el aprendizaje útil. Pero toda categoría es arbitraria y los libros de Alicia Martín, en su neurótico y aleatorio recorrido, recuerdan que la biblioteca no discierne lo trascendental de lo mediocre. Las voces superpuestas de Políglotas, a modo de lectura múltiple y confusa, aluden a que la sociedad de la información actual puede convertirse en una segunda Torre de Babel. La cultura precisa de una interpretación para llegar a ser conocimiento. Sin esto, cada libro sería un libro infinito, un minotauro perdido en una librería inútil ». (Référence: https://vimeo.com/3855848)