Incredible Carved Book Landscapes by Guy Laramée

Guy Laramee carves these amazing landscapes out of books.





From a set of English and Chinese hardcover encyclopedias, he has created two series of stunning landscapes, named The Great Wall and Biblios.



Of the encyclopedias he uses in his art, he said, "So I carve landscapes out of books and I paint Romantic landscapes. Mountains of disused knowledge return to what they really are: mountains. They erode a bit more and they become hills. Then they flatten and become fields where apparently nothing is happening. Piles of obsolete encyclopedias return to that which does not need to say anything, that which simply IS. Fogs and clouds erase everything we know, everything we think we are."







"My work, in 3D as well as in painting, originates from the very idea that ultimate knowledge could very well be an erosion instead of an accumulation."















"After 30 years of practice, the only thing I still wish my art to do is this: to project us into this thick “cloud of unknowing.”

Check his website: http://www.guylaramee.com/

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