I must say, I'm not so much a fan of the whole books-as-art thing because I hate seeing books abused in any way. And these particular old encyclopedias look like they were rad (I hope there's more of them out there). However, it is a very striking piece.
P.S. if you were curious, spellcheck does not recognized "rad"
@pear.shaped.Sara: There's an Iraqi artist who created some really awesome collages from the remains of books from the Baghdad Academy of Fine Arts, which was looted and destroyed in the initial invasion in 2003. It makes me sad, but it's also pretty great how he managed to breathe new life into books that were already destroyed.
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P.S. if you were curious, spellcheck does not recognized "rad"
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But that's totally OT, so I'll bring it back to books-as-art, and say: Now that you put it that way, I love it less. Sigh. Thankspear.shaped.Sara!
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I cannot think of a cooler use of old encyclopedias, that is incredible.
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