Category — art

Because I never cease to be entertained by people re-imagining things as book covers, here’s Flickr user Little Pixel, who re-imagined some of his favorite LPs as classic Pelican editions.  The Sleeper album above is, incidentally, one of the only Britpop albums I still listen to with any regularity.  (And Sleeper singer Louise Wener also wrote a novel, which is actually pretty good.)

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Not About The Buildings seeks models for an upcoming photo project.  Details aren’t being publicly announced yet, but we’re looking for people to pose with their favorite books for an late spring art event/website relaunch.

People of all ages and looks are wanted for the project, which will involve a print campaign as well as the website.

If interested, or if you have any questions, please e-mail thebuildings@notaboutthebuildings.com

From Four Corners Books, makers of Four Corners Familiars:

We are seeking proposals from artists, at any stage in their careers, for a volume in the Four Corners Familiars series. The series presents artists’ responses to classic novels and short stories and participants are encouraged to come up with innovative, distinctive ways of complementing the text, far removed from traditional notions of illustration.

Artists need not be represented by galleries, and proposals are welcome from all sections of society, from which we will publish the selected project in 2010.

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There’s an exhibit of chapbooks right now in the windows of the URI library on Washington Street.  Organized by Kate Schapira in tandem with an exhibit at Pace University, the exhibit features work by author’artists including Jennifer Borges Foster, Anne Gorrick, Kate & Max Greenstreet, Jen Hofer, Brenda Iijima, Dorothea Lasky, Matthew Klane, Jill Magi, Lori Anderson Moseman, Kate Schapira, Jessica Smith, and Janaka Stucky.

On Wednesday, four of the artists will be reading at the URI Gallery, which is technically on Washington but more realistically on Union St.  That starts at 6pm.  Reader bios after the jump:

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New Art For The People, a fundraiser for Not About The Buildings, will be taking place this Sunday at my house. Artwork from a dozen local artists will be featured:

Caitlin Beck
Jen Corace
Jean Cozzens
Jyll Ethier-Mullen
Shawn Gilheeney
Corey Greyhorse
Delia Kovac
Andrew Sloan
Alec Thibodeau
Jason Tranchida
Neal Walsh
Tom West

Additionally, there will be the last remaining copies of Emily Brown’s prize-winning story How To Kill A Rattlesnake.

Sunday, February 22
3-8 pm
$5-$10 suggested donation
E-mail (notaboutthebuildings at gmail dot com) for more information. It’s open to the public.

Artist M.S. Corley just posted a series of book jacket re-designs on his blog.  Using the wonderful old style of Penguin Classics, he’s re-done the covers for all the books in the Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, and Spiderwick series.

I’m especially fond of the Snicket covers–note the VFD eye in each one–although maybe just because that’s the only one of the three series that I’ve actually read.