[Nicholas Jones] book sculptor

I've posted about a book artist few days ago and found another book artist by the name of Nicholas Jones.

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Current Affairs Bulletin 1

Greek Art

Nicholas Jones is a Melbourne based sculptor who uses books and printed paper to make works which question the manner in which books are 'read'.

Books are capsules; vessels designed to hold information, borne of investigation or of personal expression. These objects are often venerated, held aloft as are amulets, as the source of reasoned knowledge, the fecund field awaiting the harvest. Sequestered away in dusty libraries, spines anticipating the eye of the beholder, these books tactility remains at arms length.

The physical act of folding, tearing and sewing book leaves, may be considered iconoclastic (extinguishing the fire of reason, perhaps). Although sometimes iconised for their content or historical importance, more often than not, books are discarded as cultural detritus. These transformed books aim to highlight the poetic nature of the book as form. As historical phenomena, books have reflected the evolution of mankind, and although beseiged by new technologies, the book remains steadfastly both the solver of the riddle and the creator of the labyrinth. Melbourne, Australia [Nicholas Jones]

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Jones and Dettmer both used books as their medium but the approach to the subject is different. Dettmer's books are more alive with details and characters and Jones' books are rather elegantly planned out (don't get me wrong but I thought his statement was little bit magniloquent ;-P)