Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica

<img alt="adieu Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica home improvement " src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adieu.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="adieu 6" />Inspired by his travels to Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, artist <strong>Guy Laramé</strong>e sculpted a mountain landscape on 24 printed volumes of the Encyclopedia Britannica. First published in Edinburgh in 1768, Encyclopedia Britannica officially place a cease to its print version in 2012, following 244 years. This project- entitled <strong>Adieu</strong>- marks the ending of the printing procedure and, according to My Modern Met, makes a effective statement: like so several mountainous landscapes, books and knowledge in general are seemingly the victims of erosion.</p><br/><p><br/><img alt="adieu mountain Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica home improvement " src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adieu-mountain.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="adieu mountain " />Laramée explains, “<em>My work, in 3D as properly as in painting, originates from the extremely thought that ultimate expertise could really effectively be an erosion rather of an accumulation… Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they truly are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they turn into hills. Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is taking place. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to have to say something, that which merely IS</em>.”  Feel free of charge to share your thoughts concerning this art installation, we would really like to know your opinion!<br/><img alt="adieu Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica home improvement " src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adieu_.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="adieu" /><br/><img alt="adieu Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica home improvement " src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adieu__.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="adieu 4" /><br/><img alt="adieu Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica home improvement " src="http://www.decoradvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/adieu___.jpg" style=" display: block margin-right: auto margin-left: auto" title="adieu 5" /></p><br/><p>You happen to be reading Books as Victims of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved into Encyclopedia Britannica </p><br/><p><!-- Social Buttons Generated by Digg Digg plugin v5.3.6,<br/> Author : Buffer, Inc<br/> Website : http://bufferapp.com/diggdigg --><br/>

Books As Victims Of Erosion: Nature Artistically Carved Into Encyclopedia Britannica

Inspired by his travels to Ecuador, Peru and Brazil, artist Guy Laramé e sculpted a mountain landscape on 24 printed volumes of the Encyclop...

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