Cara barer book arthur

Cara barer photography book sculpture, book photography, paper. Each vintage book page printed with artwork is an original work of art because no two. Cara barer artist biography, past and future exhibitions. Comments on discussion boards from them will be hidden by default. For a while he worked on a novel called double date, which had an epigraph from arthur miller. Arthur timothy read is the titular protagonist of both the book series and the pbs childrens television series arthur, created by marc brown. My book project, which started over six years ago, has metamorphosed into much more than just books. A random encounter with an old phone book was the primary. Cara barer, new work hulsewarman gallery, taos, nm s information revisited encyclopedia britannica project, belskie museum of art and science, closter, nj g unbound. Cara barer entices book pages to behave like vibrant, lowing fabric and. Cara barer is an american photographer known for her images of book sculptures. Scientists believe that the oceans will rise three to four feet in this century. Barer has been represented in numerous exhibitions across the u.

Available for sale from andrea schwartz gallery, cara barer, coloring book 2 29 2019, archival digital photograph face mounted to plexi, 36. This will prevent cara from sending you messages, friend request or from viewing your profile. Their size, type of paper and sometimes contents guide her work. She soaks, dyes, folds, and otherwise alters the books in various ways for the final effect. A random encounter with an old phone book was the primary inspiration and after that, more than seven years ago, she began the search for more books and methods to change their appearance. Vintage drawings on pages by jean cody beauty will save the world. She is a graduate of the art institute of houston, the university of houston and the glassell school of art. Phone books, software manuals, reference books, and other obsolete and discarded books find their way into her work. Discover interesting facts about cara barer on artnet. Photomontage cara barer photography book sculpture. Marc tolon brown born november 25, 1946 is an american author and illustrator of childrens books. Cara barers book project has a lot to do with chance and experimentation. Ratburns third grade class, and lives in the fictitious city of elwood city. A short survey of book art bedford art center, san francisco, ca g.

Time capsules cara barer photography book sculpture. I only spent a few seconds on the windows 95 manual. The effects of climate change and melting polar ice are behind the images of a dystopian world i have imagined for this series titled, when the ice melts. Brown writes as well as illustrates the arthur book series and is best known for creating that series and its numerous spinoffs. Books, physical objects and repositories of information, are being displaced by zeros and ones in a digital universe. Timeline 1956 born in freeport, tx 19761979 brazosport jr. Book sculptures cara barer photography book sculpture. As i begin the process, i first consider the contents of each volume. It is still similar, in many ways, to the first book pieces, but the addition of new sources of paper has changed the characteristics of the. On the show, he is an eightyearold anthropomorphic aardvark in mr.

Photographer cara barer has been working on a beautiful book art series since 2004. Texas based photographer cara barer uses old phone books, computer manuals, maps, and comic books to create hypnotic sculptures, which. The new century dictionary of the english language, was a treasure. It would be wrong of me to take credit for the idea of placing arthur. Cara barer photography book sculpture, book photography. College 19801981 university of houston, studies in photography, art history 1987 art institute of houston, associate degree in fashion marketing. In barers latest work, the artists own creations books bound with sheet. What began with an old phone book has progressed into a new body of work. Cara barers books trendland online magazine curating.