The Bible meets the art world
A Los Angeles gallery has adopted Nancy's theme of pretty books, with an exhibition that revisits classics such as The Tin Drum and To the Lighthouse. Pictured here is Ryan Callis' take on the Bible, one of the artworks in the "Cover Version" show at the Taylor de Cordoba gallery.
I'm no art critic, but some of the works didn't seem to be much better than the original covers.
Some, such as Faten Kanaan's The Tin Drum, are remarkable. But others left me cold. And if Nancy hated the Catcher in the Rye's classic, minimalist red cover (I don't understand how she could feel that way, either), she would hate the new look, hyphenated Moby Dick.
But they're worth a few minutes for a bookish diversion.
Comments
Sorry--these didn't do much for me. I really disliked the interpretation of Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"--clearly rendered by someone who has never read the book!
Posted by: Dahlink | July 27, 2008 7:09 AM
I don't think any of them have read their books. Comparing these to the Penguin Classic Deluxe Editions, these are just wimpy! The Penguin Classic Deluxes won a design award from a group in the UK and they are really interesting. You can check the covers
out at
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/classics/deluxe.html
Lauretta
Posted by: Lauretta Nagel | July 27, 2008 2:59 PM