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May 16, 2010
Brian Dettmer’s Artwork on Cover of Unbridled’s Fall Catalog
I have been working with books as material for my artwork for several years now. I seal them, sand them, cut into them and some would say I “destroy” them. I have the utmost respect for books and value them as links to the past and paths to the future. This is why I find them to be such an interesting material to work with. When I work with a book I do end its life as a functional tool to convey a story but I like to think that I freeze it in time, capture it a moment to last forever in a new context to open viewers minds to new possibilities.
When Unbridled Books contacted me to contribute a cover for the upcoming catalog I was excited to be a part of it and it was meant to be when I discovered that Steven Wallace also lived in the Atlanta area. We had great conversations as to what would work best and I couldn’t be happier with how it came out. The image “Brave New World” is one of the few sculptures I have done using fiction rather than non-fiction or reference material. It was an exciting piece to work on and its great to see it exposed to a broader audience in a different context.
If you are in Atlanta, Barcelona, London or anywhere in between you might be close to my work in a current show this spring and summer.
Current and Upcoming shows:
Solo Show: Ex Libris, 5/27/10- 7/01/10, MiTO Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Group Shows:
Skin, 6/10/10 – 9/26/10, Wellcome Collection London, England
Holland Paper Biennial, 6/06/10 – 9/12/10, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Paper Cut, 5/07/10 – 6/20/10, KOP, Graphic Design Festival Breda, Breda, Netherlands
Substitute Teacher, 3/05/10 – 5/16/10, The Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Beyond Words, 1/17/10 – 5/30/10, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
See more of Brian’s Work at his website at http://www.briandettmer.com/
Brian Dettmer is originally from Chicago. He currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA.
Dettmer is currently represented by Kinz + Tillou in New York, Packer Schopf in Chicago, MiTO in Barcelona, Toomey Tourell in San Francisco and Saltworks in Atlanta. His work has gained International acclaim through internet bloggers, and traditional media. His bibliography includes The New York Times, Modern Painters, The Village Voice, Vogue Italia, Harper’s, Time Out, Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle and National Public Radio, among several others. In the past three years he has had solo shows in New York, San Francisco, Barcelona, Chicago and Miami. His work is shown and collected throughout the U.S., Latin America and Europe and can be found in several museums shows, public and private collections.
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