Contact Sheet 164: Visual Books - Softcover

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Once Scott McCarney reaches for the tools of his trade, no book is safe. He has been making, reshaping, and reinventing books for over three decades. The idea of reworking books has lingered since childhood, when he preferred playing with paper to the war games that occupied other boys, and he was oddly drawn to the discarded books the local library set out for the taking. By the time a typewriter showed up on his Christmas list to Santa, the course was set. McCarney questions what defines a book and does not shy away from turning his answer on its head as needed. He has explored the concept of a book in over two hundred book projects to date. His work ranges from one-of-a-kind, hand-stitched bindings to print-on-demand editions to sculptural installations. Each book object broadens the idea of a book in a way that seems immediately natural, but rarely was imagined before. He takes the printed book and examines it for form, function, and message. His books may be carved or woven into intricate patterns, reinterpreted with images, or disemboweled to gently swing from the gallery ceiling. Any avid reader can tell you that books come alive through words. But few may have thought they would come alive in their physicality as they do for McCarney. It is an idea that shaped a boy early in life and has kept him busy ever since. The content of McCarney's work ranges from autobiographical to political. Yet while his themes may vary from book to book, his quiet use of humor and his readiness to rethink, reshape, and reinvent books have remained a constant. This catalogue includes an essay by Hannah Frieser.

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