Book Art | Ryuta Iida
I came across these beautiful images over the weekend. Ryuta Iida is a young artist (b. 1981) who creates tactile sculptures with immense discipline and accuracy. He first entered my radar screen maybe 3 months ago when I saw a show of his over at CALM & PUNK Gallery in Tokyo. At that time there were some collaborative pieces showing, but for this exhibit, titled “ewiges equivalent,” we get a glimpse of his individual work, which includes some amazing reliefs carved in books.
I always feel a bit uneasy when someone destroys a book, even for artistic purposes. I guess it’s because I think of books as everlasting but am then confronted with an object that used to be a book but is hardly recognizable in it’s new role.
The show runs through December 13th at the Takuro Someya Contemporary Art center.
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Arghhhhh. I hate it when these artists don’t have websites. That work looks soooo interesting but this is a super old post im commenting on and even if it wasnt IM not going to Japan anytime soon.
Arghhhhh. I hate it when these artists don’t have websites. That work looks soooo interesting but this is a super old post im commenting on and even if it wasnt IM not going to Japan anytime soon.
Actually, I found a website!
http://www.ryuta-iida.com/