Altered Books/Prints(PAGE 1)

The book images are a sampling of new work from 2002-2006. Each image has two parts, one representing the cover of the book the second representing the inside. Currently there are more than 100 books in the series. These can either be displayed on or in a shelf where the viewer can pull them out or open, standing upright, under a case or wall mounted. The books are also represented as Epson pigment dye prints showing the covers and insides of the books, just as they appear in the images below. These range in size from 13x19 to 20x26.

The Self-Titled Book series plays with the idea of a book and how one looks at it and receives information. Each book on the book- shelf is an art object in itself. The pages of the books are glued together to render it unopenable. Inside the book, a portion is cut out to reveal a window of thought illustrated though collage. The two-collaged pieces in the book work in both a juxtaposed and harmonic dialogue. By destroying the actual content of the book and adding my own in its place, I ask the viewer to question what information is gathered without the actual text of the book. I have taken the power of director from the author for myself, hereby deciding how I believe the book should read based on a series of judgments. In altering the intended content of the books, I have created a book- shelf that reflects my own desires and points of view.

It is the tension between expectations and experience, information available and information withheld that exists between the cover and the inside of these altered books.

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Romance & Sexuality

Self-Help & Psychology

Religion

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