List of artists (alphabetized by first name) Amelia Bird |
Dennis Yuen Woodside, New York
cotton cords, book cloth, bookboard, paper, linen threads, PVA 45 x 11 x 5½ © 2010 $2000 Yurei is a character in Japanese folklore which is similar to ghosts. Katsushika Hokusai painted a series of well-known ghost stories characters that I have recreated to capture their essence through the book form. Using cotton cord to suggest her long hair, I present a visual image of the story though a book’s physical form and structure. Dennis Yuen is an artist and designer who works with book arts, interactive media, photography and video. His works, exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, combine graphic design and technology with traditional techniques in book arts. He has been maintaining his bookarts blog, Cai Lun, since 2004. He holds a degree in film from Hong Kong and an MFA degree from Parsons. |