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Brian Dettmer

Brian Dettmer. By Emily Schranz. Wagnalls Wheel, 2010, Altered Set of Encyclopedias, 9" x 20-1/2" x 20-1/2" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Toomey Tourell Fine Art. He was born in 1974 in Illinois.

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Brian Dettmer

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  1. Brian Dettmer By Emily Schranz

  2. Wagnalls Wheel, 2010, Altered Set of Encyclopedias, 9" x 20-1/2" x 20-1/2" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Toomey Tourell Fine Art He was born in 1974 in Illinois. He received his BA in art, design, and art history from Chicago’s Columbia College in 1997. He creates “Book Autopsies” out of discarded books.

  3. Totem, 2010, Altered Set of Vintage Encyclopedias, 26-5/8" x 22-1/2" x 10-1/4" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and MiTO Gallery Dettmer only chooses non-fiction vintage books. He incorporates the books topic into each piece. For example: What is a totem? The definition of totem is: an object serving as the emblem of a family/clan and often serving as a reminder of its ancestry How does this piece work as a totem?

  4. The Story of Man, 2010, Altered Book, 9-5/8" x 7-7/8" x 1-5/8" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Saltworks He begins his process by locating imagery and text that he likes He uses a xacto knife in a subtractive process to create negative space. Compiled Upon a New Plan, 2010, Altered Books, 10-1/2" x 10" x 10-3/4" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Packer Schopf

  5. House of Tongues, 2010, Altered Book, 7-3/4" x 14" x 10-1/4" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and MiTO Gallery Library of American History (detail), 2012, hardcover books, acrylic varnish, 99" x 19" x 19" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Toomey Tourell Fine Art

  6. Encyclopedias of World Travel, 2010, Altered Book, 8 1/2" x 7 3/4" x 1 1/2" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Saltworks Compiled Upon a New Plan, 2010, Altered Books, 10-1/2" x 10" x 10-3/4" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Packer Schopf

  7. Grolier, 2005, Altered set of Vintage Encyclopedias, 16"(h) x 9.5"(w) x 7"(d) - Image Courtesy of the Artist and MiTO Gallery The Household Physicians, 2008, Altered Books, 10-1/2" x 8" x 12" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Kinz + Tillou Fine Art

  8. Emergency Exit (detail), 2012, paperback books, acrylic varnish, 82-1/2" x 29-1/2" x 2" - Image Courtesy of the Artist and Saltworks What comments do you think this artist is saying about Books?

  9. Video Brian Dettmer (2013). Bio. [ONLINE] Available at: http://briandettmer.com/. [Last Accessed e.g. 31 August 11]. CBS News (May 15, 2011). Artist makes high-priced sculptures from old books. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7366166n. [Last Accessed e.g. 31 August 11]. Stewart, Garrett, (2011). Bookwork: Medium to Object to Concept to Art. 1st ed. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. WebUrbanist (e.g. 2011). 15 of the World's Most CreativePapercraft Artists. [ONLINE] Available at: http://weburbanist.com/2008/12/02/papercraft-creative-paper-art-design-sculpture/. [Last Accessed e.g. 31 August 11].

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