Creator
Brian Dettmer
Title
The Migration of Symbols
Coverage
Brooklyn, NY
Publisher
Unique sculpted book, acrylic varnish
Date
2014
Subject
Intervention of a 1956 edition of Count Goblet d’Alviella’s book of the same title (1894).
Description
Dettmer is an artist noted for his alteration of preexisting media, such as old books, to create new, transformed artworks. “The original book is an illustrated study of the migration and mutation of symbols through a wide range of cultures. … The book has undergone an archeological excavation, exposing a dense cluster of fragmented symbols and ideas …The resulting intervention presents the depth and variety of the cultures it represents …” Email from Brian Dettmer, August 16, 2023.
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