Librarian's garden
Artist's Book
1999 (published)
1999 (published)
| Artist/Maker |
Jack Milroy has taken a small hardback book entitled 'Cacti and succulents' by Rudolf Subik and Jirina Kaplicka, cut out the illustrations of the plants from inside,and left a tendril of text joining the picture to the book. The blooming cacti and succulent succulents burst from the confines of the covers, bringing the book to life.
Milroy's work has been likened to Joseph Cornell and has been described as sharing the 'casual wit and poetry of the Surrealists' (Andrew Lambirth, 'Hidden depths', The Spectator, 20 Feb. 1999). Milroy acknowledges influences from Picasso and Max Ernst, and his work shares some of the inventiveness of the former and the humour of the latter. 'Librarian's garden' is an evocative piece which uses the book form as both container and liberator.
Milroy's work has been likened to Joseph Cornell and has been described as sharing the 'casual wit and poetry of the Surrealists' (Andrew Lambirth, 'Hidden depths', The Spectator, 20 Feb. 1999). Milroy acknowledges influences from Picasso and Max Ernst, and his work shares some of the inventiveness of the former and the humour of the latter. 'Librarian's garden' is an evocative piece which uses the book form as both container and liberator.
Object details
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| Title | Librarian's garden (trade title) |
| Materials and techniques | Book with cut pages |
| Brief description | Artist's book, 'Librarian's garden', by Jack Milroy, 1999 |
| Physical description | A copy of a book called 'Cacti and Succulents' by Rudolf Subík and Jirina Kaplická has been cut by the artist so that the illustrations spill out from the half-open volume. Signed: Milroy. Mounted on a wooden board with a perspex cover. |
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| Gallery label | Jack Milroy’s work with books hovers between the two-dimensional realm of the printed page and the three-dimensional sculptures he creates from them. Librarian’s Garden is a beautifully evocative piece which uses the book form as both container and liberator. (June 2019) |
| Summary | Jack Milroy has taken a small hardback book entitled 'Cacti and succulents' by Rudolf Subik and Jirina Kaplicka, cut out the illustrations of the plants from inside,and left a tendril of text joining the picture to the book. The blooming cacti and succulent succulents burst from the confines of the covers, bringing the book to life. Milroy's work has been likened to Joseph Cornell and has been described as sharing the 'casual wit and poetry of the Surrealists' (Andrew Lambirth, 'Hidden depths', The Spectator, 20 Feb. 1999). Milroy acknowledges influences from Picasso and Max Ernst, and his work shares some of the inventiveness of the former and the humour of the latter. 'Librarian's garden' is an evocative piece which uses the book form as both container and liberator. |
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| Library number | 38041999102759 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2014 |
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