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Library
of Eden, 2000-2008
37 books, oil paint, table, chair.
Nuns at the Vatican:
Detail from the book “Rome”
Oil on page of book, 18” x 11”.
A sister project to the Mountain sculptures, Library
of Eden is a collection
of over thirty altered travel books, including Frommers, Fodors and
numerous hardback picture travel-logs that transform the urban world
to an Edenic state. Page after page urban structures and objects are
painted over with landscape or shrubbery, leaving only human activity
amidst the green. By depicting businessmen, shoppers and locals in
blurry surroundings that fail to correspond to the texts descriptions
of the regions commerce and customs, the paint strips away the context
of a specific place.
Since it’s inception in 2000, the Library
Of Eden has been installed in
various locations including PS1/MOMA Contemporary Art Center, New York, CCS Gallery,
Bard and the Kohler Center, Wisconsin.
Essays by Carrie Lambert and William V. Ganis, Greater New York Catalogue, PS1/MOMA.
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