No es la primera vez que traemos a colación las peculiares obras de Guy Laramée talladas en libros, llamativas tanto por su calidad escultórica y cromática como por su realismo, además del hecho de sustituir el típico bloque de piedra o madera por ejemplares bibliográficos, lo que imprime a sus obras un cierto matiz reflexivo autoconclusivo sobre la naturaleza del pensamiento.
En esta ocasión, además, el artista utiliza los tomos tanto como soporte pictórico de imágenes de aves del Brasil como material sobre el que esculpir recreaciones de los paisajes que ilustran sus biotopos, generando de nuevo un bucle intelectual que descarta el mero carácter anecdótico o decorativo de sus piezas, hilando fino en los límites del bioarte, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta que, al fin y al cabo, los libros son el biotopo de pequeños devoradores de papel. Sólo me resta sugerirle que añada a su serie cualquier ejemplar devorado por lepismas, en cuyo caso tanto podría tratarse de un tratado de entomología centrada en xilófagos como ironizar con el apelativo "pececillo de plata" y tratarse de un libro de ictiología para rizar el rizo de sus verbigracias escultóricas. Sin duda, antrozoología en estado puro.
Mafa Alborés.
Como en otras ocasiones, la información la extraemos de COLOSSAL, en esta ocasión de la mano de Kate Sierzputowski.
Enlace a la fuente original:
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/06/guy-laramee-bird-portrait-book-carvings/
Bird Portraits Painted On Secondhand Books Featuring Their Native Brazilian Habitats Carved from the Pages
by Kate Sierzputowski on June 3, 2015
Guy Laramée‘s (previously) new series Onde Elles Moran (Where They Live) captures the mystique of the native birds of the Brazilian region Serra do Corvo Branco (Range of the White Raven) through both portrait and carved landscape. The series contains nine sculptures sourced from secondhand bookstores within the country—tomes of the Classicos Jackson which is a series of literature classics published in the ‘50s in Brazil. The rich linen covers inspired the palettes of many of the portraits, the original colors working their way into Laramée’s artistic remodeling.
Although Laramée had originally planned to photograph the vast canyons of the region during his 4-month visit, the diversity, songs, and liveliness of the native birds kept persuading him to eclipse the beautiful scenes with their portraits. The series is dedicated to these birds and their habitat, each book containing a portrait of one on the cover against a faded background and an environmental carving into the pages of the book on the opposite side. The size ratio of the bird to corresponding landscape highlights the creatures’ importance, acknowledging their role as the true owners and rulers of the region.
“Being in the company of these lively beings were one thing, painting them was another story,” explained Laramée while discussing his process. “They became like ghosts on a theater backdrop, posing in front of wallpaper, looking at a vanishing scenery.”
Laramée hopes that this series exudes the stark differences between Man and bird, recognizing that we do not live within the same world. Man’s world has been transformed into an object from which we now feel alienated he explains—we live within our heads and books, not the canyons or earth. “Maybe where they live is where we should live,” says Laramée. “In the solitude of virgin landscapes, we might rediscover our intimate relationships to the world.”
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