05/03/2007 al-Mutanabbi Street 2012
C.J. Robinson, UK
| CJ Robinson, Bath,
Somerset, UK, 2012 The work CJ Robinson has made for the al-Mutanabbi Street project is a book of minimalist simplicity. It contains 130 blank pages, one for each of those killed or injured in the car bombing. The blank pages are a silent memorial to the victims, representing their voicelessness and anonymity, as well as the knowledge lost through the destruction of books. There is a dedication on the first page and on the last page a quote from John Milton: "He who destroys a good book kills reason itself." Hardback book (136 pages), 210 x 135 x 15mm CJ Robinson specialises in collage and book based work, applying processes and rules to images and texts in order to transform them into new images and novel narratives. Since completing a Masters Degree in Fine Art at the University of the West of England, Bristol, in 2009, he has self-published numerous book works. Blurring the boundaries between literature and visual art, Robinson approaches the written word as a Conceptual Artist. www.wordsofdeadpoets.co.uk www.translationswithoutoriginals.tumblr.com cj_rob@yahoo.co.uk |