1. wood sculpture by Pep Carrio

    wood sculpture by Pep Carrio

    May 4, 2013
  2. isidorev3: The Search For Truth #library #sculpture #art (at O’Grady Library: Saint Martin’s University)
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    isidorev3:

    The Search For Truth #library #sculpture #art (at O’Grady Library: Saint Martin’s University)

    April 10, 2013
  3. Stack 2005 by Patrick Hall. plywood, collected books, typewriter keys172.0 (h) x 97.0 (w) x 50.0 (d) cm

    Stack 2005 by Patrick Hall. plywood, collected books, typewriter keys172.0 (h) x 97.0 (w) x 50.0 (d) cm

    March 31, 2013
  4. BODY of KNOWLEDGE by Dana Albany (Book Sculptor) @ BURNING MAN 2000, Black Rock Desert, northern NEVADA, USA … “A large-scale sculpture of the human body, entirely composed of out-date textbooks and discarded library books” … photo credit: “Scott Beale / Laughing Squid”
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    BODY of KNOWLEDGE by Dana Albany (Book Sculptor) @ BURNING MAN 2000, Black Rock Desert, northern NEVADA, USA … “A large-scale sculpture of the human body, entirely composed of out-date textbooks and discarded library books” … photo credit: “Scott Beale / Laughing Squid”

    January 22, 2013
  5. “Der Buchhändler” [The Book Seller, literally: “somebody who handles books”] on the Ludwig-Metzger-Platz in Darmstadt, Germany. Sculpture by Michael Schwarze, photograph by Neil Gallop.
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    “Der Buchhändler” [The Book Seller, literally: “somebody who handles books”] on the Ludwig-Metzger-Platz in Darmstadt, Germany. Sculpture by Michael Schwarze, photograph by Neil Gallop.

    January 17, 2013
  6. Stone bookcase with terracotta books. Pollensa, Spain.
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    Stone bookcase with terracotta books. Pollensa, Spain.

    December 28, 2012
  7. Statue of Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective, City of Westminster, London, England.

    Statue of Sherlock Holmes, the Great Detective, City of Westminster, London, England.

    November 22, 2012
  8. Book Planet by John Marshall
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    Book Planet by John Marshall

    (Source: wordpainting, via libraryland)

    November 13, 2012

  9. Words outside: The Work of Jim Sanborn

     A Comma, A, 2004.  Copper, international language texts, light, black granite paving inlay
    6’x26’x80. Plaza in front of the new library, University of Houston, Houston, TX
    Jim Sanborn’s sculptures grace the landscapes of a number of universities, museums and government buildings. From outside the C.I.A. headquarters in Langley, VA to the front entrance of the University of Houston library Sanborn’s works entice the passerby to engage.
    Rippawam, 1999. Rolled copper, Native American texts with English translation
    Size: 6’x26’x4’. University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT
    Whether it is his series of lighted installations that have featured Native American, Latin and “international language” texts splattered all over the surrounding space or his series of encoded text sculptures it’s hard
    not to be both engaged and challenged.


    Antipodes, 1997.  Copper, encoded text, petrified tree. 11’x6’x3’. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC

    Don’t you want to know what it says?

    Kryptos, 1989. Granite, quartz, lodestone, copper, encoded text, water. 12’x20’x10’
    Courtyard plaza, Central Intelligence Agency; Langley, Virginia

    And the brilliance of the placement of the piece above should not go unnoticed.

    Jim Sanborn: The Artist’s Official Site:

    h/t my modern met




    (Source: bookpatrol.net)

    November 5, 2012
  10. myheartheartsbooks: Statue I came across in Barcelona. 
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    myheartheartsbooks:

    Statue I came across in Barcelona. 

    October 30, 2012