Monday Morning Library Review
Sept 9th, ‘19
Today we have five new so different and unique titles added to the library last week. All they are here, wrapped for you. Find your gem.
Cultural codes exploration via instant noodles packaging design
A title which doesn’t fit our normal expectations about photo zines. An interesting piece of collecting and documentation. Beautiful for its simplicity
The collage artworks you will spend hours discovering details and meanings
A book of collage artworks by Nantayout Hunchan from Thailand. Full of abstraction and expression it fuels the imagination and leaves an inspiring aftertaste.
This project is like a parallel way of many artwork that I created. these are fragments of paper that I cut to create my artwork in the past.
A deep dive into the human aspects of the Middle East with a story from Muscat, the capital of Oman
The last two copies of “XO” by Josh Adam Jones, a documentation of artists’ personal intentions to challenge both own stereotypes and overall Western misconceptions of the East.
In the spring of 2018, Josh traveled to Oman to unearth and communicate stories about the expatriate communities of its capital city: Muscat. Driven by the desire to challenge his own perspectives and views which had been tainted by Western media, Josh concentrated on the relationship between local people and outsiders, emphasizing the human aspects of the Middle East…
The mesmerizing beauty of a story you wouldn’t wish to live through
Regrettably, grief in our world has an unrivaled power to ignite the artistic expressions. This story has far too much grief and its scale is unbearable. Silent photographs express it loudly.
We empathize Geert and admire his strength and openness to share this story.
In a very short space of time, Geert Broertjes lost the most important women in his life. His aunt, grandmother and mother passed away. He shared his grief with his girlfriend, who became a recurring theme in this series. But even this relationship ended, a couple of months after his mother passed.
Echoes of Romanian dictatorship
There are many traces of one and a half-decade long Ceaucescu dictatorship in modern Romania. Most of them are presented as architectural footprints of the period and visible to everyone, while others have almost dissolved in time and stayed only in memories…, or in documents.
This artistbook by Michel Mazzoni is made with a “documentary exploration” process behind, but with an artistic touch and intentions.
Read the “People. Not Pages” interview with Michel here on Medium.
Stay tuned!
Cheers,
Max & The Phooks
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