Stacked Books, Deux
March 6, 2010 1 Comment
Nina Katchadourian, Shark Journal
I love book art, so I was super excited to find American mixed media artist Nina Katchadourian’s The Sorted Books Project. She goes to collections of both private and public libraries, browses the titles, and pulls a set of books down and arranges them so they can be read in order, top to bottom.
In her own words, Nina writes:
Taken as a whole, the clusters from each sorting aim to examine that particular library’s focus, idiosyncrasies, and inconsistencies.
The project began in 1993, and yes, it runs along similar lines as Jane Mount’s Ideal Bookshelves series. I have no idea when Jane Mount began her project (I think after). Sorted Books focuses primarily on the titles, while the Ideal Bookshelves emphasize the art of the book spine.
Nina Katchadourian, Shark Journal
About Lee
I wonder what The Signifying Monkey is about, haha. Cute project! It reminds me of this one I sometimes follow, called Collection A Day (http://collectionaday2010.blogspot.com/) that’s full of miscellaneous things the artist has collected.