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Closing Reception: November 20th 2 - 5 PM
With performance by Coppice (Noé Cuéllar & Joseph Kramer)
More information here.
In his new series, Paper Back, Brian Dettmer continues to question the past,
present and future of the book by exploring and expanding the possibilities
of the book's form and content. After a book or series of books is sealed
into a solid form, he cuts into the surface, reading with his knife one page
or layer at a time. Fragmented images, words and ideas emerge to expose and
...create new relationships within the book's internal elements. In recent
work, Dettmer has shifted the focus to text and transcribed the visual
poetry that emerges from the sculptures onto the printed page, highlighting
a new light on the chance text while illustrating the clouds of ideas within
a piece. For his Paper Back series, horizontal rows of multiple paperback
books in specific genres are compressed and sanded into solid linear forms.
The investigation into language, its possibilities and limitations continue
as suggestive clichés are carved into the surface of the fictitious
narratives. Hundreds of words and phrases are excavated within each letter,
creating links and clusters of ideas. Words are torn from their original
meaning and float to latch onto new possibilities.
Biography
Brian Dettmer
(America, 1974)
Dettmer is originally from Chicago. He currently resides in Atlanta, GA.
Brian Dettmer is known for his detailed and innovative sculptures with books
and other forms of antiquated media. Dettmer's work has been exhibited
Internationally in several galleries, museums and art centers including the
Museum of Arts and Design (NY), Museum of Contemporary Art (GA), the
International Museum of Surgical Science (IL), Museum Rijswijh
(Netherlands), Wellcome Collection (England) the Bellevue Arts Museum (WA),
The Kohler Arts Center (WI), and the Illinois State Museums (IL). His work
can be found in several public and private collections throughout the U.S,
Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Dettmer's work has gained International acclaim through internet bloggers,
and traditional media. His work has been featured on the CBS Evening News,
The New York Times (US), The Los Angeles Times (US), The Guardian (UK), The
Telegraph (UK) Chicago Tribune (US), The Age (AU), Art News, Modern
Painters, Wired, The Village Voice, Harper's, Esquire and National Public
Radio among others.
In recent years Dettmer has established himself as one of the leading
International contemporary artists working with the book today. In 2011 his
work was featured on the cover of Book Art (Gestalten Publishers, Berlin)
and discussed in a historical context in Bookwork (Stewart, The University
of Chicago Press). In 2012 he is scheduled to have solo shows in San
Francisco with Toomey Tourell Fine Art and The Jewish Community Center, in
Maribor, Slovenia as part of its celebration as the European Cultural
Capital of 2012, in Lucca, Italy for Cartasia, a biennale of contemporary
paper art and in Atlanta, GA at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.
His work is also scheduled to be in several group shows including "40 under
40" at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute.
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