Livre…On the Fringe
A gloomy day of researching and exploring, I just happened to come across an ethereal blend of subtle beauty and intriguingly intelligent art. Scottish Artist, Georgia Russell, elaborately dissects, lacerates, and fringes printed works; music scores, maps, newspapers, and books, transforming them into works of art. The fluttering fringe of the books come to life, as the covers stay bold in their original form. Her ornamental and graphic sculptures transfix lovers of art, books, and beauty, and will mesmerize you with their captivating detail.
Here’s to Georgia Russell and her mesmeric imagination:
xx Isabella
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New exhibition of works by Georgia Russell:
GEORGIA RUSSELL: Cutting Through Time
7 – 31 May 2011
http://www.englandgallery.com
Georgia Russell has become known internationally for the works that result from her techniques of cutting and transforming books, printed ephemera and photographs. This fifth solo exhibition at England & Co features new cut paper constructions that primarily explore notions of orientation relating to landscape. Other iconic works incorporate dissected books presented in bell jars or as totemic structures that echo the fetishist tribal objects collected in the 1920s by Surrealists such as André Breton.