Alexander Korzer-Robinson
-We create our own past from fragments of reality in a process that combines the willful aspects of remembering and forgetting with the coincidental and unconscious. On a general level, I aim to illustrate this process that forms our inner landscape.
Through his work in the tradition of collage, Alexander Korzer-Robinson pursues a very personal obsession of creating narrative scenarios in small format. By using antiquarian books, the work is simultaneously an exploration and a deconstruction of nostalgia.
By using pre-existing media as a starting point, certain boundaries are set by the material, which he aims to transform through his process. Thus, an encyclopedia can become a window into an alternate world, much like lived reality becomes its alternate in remembered experience. These books, having been stripped of their utilitarian value by the passage of time, regain new purpose. They are no longer tools to learn about the world, but rather a means to gain insight about oneself.
The book sculptures / cut books seen in this collection are made by working through a book, page by page, cutting around some of the illustrations while removing others. In this way, Korzer-Robinson builds his composition using only the images found in the book.
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Meyers 1906 Antiquarian Cut BookSale price$795.00
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Meyers 1894 Antiquarian Cut BookSale price$795.00
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Brockhaus 1897 Antiquarian Cut BookSale price$795.00