"The Piano Has Been Drinking"
Roughly five thousand books were used to create this piece and its companion, Reminiscent.
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Roughly five thousand books were used to create this piece and its companion, Reminiscent.
Stilkey often selects books based on the color and texture of their covers.
Stilkey's sculpture overtakes the room at a 2008 exhibition in California.
To prepare his "canvas," Stilkey first sorts books by size then lays them like bricks and inserts a screw into each one.
Stilkey has partnered with libraries and bookstores, as well as a publishing company, to acquire donations of withdrawn or remaindered books.
Too Far to Walk by John Hersey and Night Without Stars by Winston Graham help create the canvas for this painting.
Among the books used in this piece is James Jones's Go to the Widow-Maker.
Stilkey is pictured here in the process of creating his installation Reminiscent last summer at California's Hurley )( Space Gallery. Click here for a video of the project unfolding.
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