Aessemblage: Aesop's Fables Recycled by Artist Scott Rolfe

Title

en_US Aessemblage: Aesop's Fables Recycled by Artist Scott Rolfe

Description

en_US First printing

en_US Scott Rolfe

Creator

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Rolfe, Scott

Date

2016-01-22T21:18:42Z

en_US 2015-07

en_US 2012

Date Available

2016-01-22T21:18:42Z

Date Issued

en_US 2012

Abstract

en_US What an explosion of imagination! The book presents twelve assemblages of old tools, parts, kitchen utensils, and sheer junk! The foreword by MC Di Venanzio rightly proclaims of viewing one of these works This is truly a magical moment. These objects are indeed something new, yet still recognizable to us all. In the early pages, Rolfe talks about his art and his steps into bringing together his art form and Aesop's fables. For me, the key is the moment when visual art wants and needs story. For Rolfe, it was when a homage to Henri Rousseau needed something more. The static lion-in-a-jungle image took on a new dimension, and the experience hooked me on Aesop's Fables (9). Rolfe creates his own versions of the stories. I notice, for example, that his hare keeps falling back in the race to taunt the slow tortoise. In MSA, not only the donkey but both father and son tumble into the water! LM; DS; The Rat and the Elephant; WS; FA; FG; CP; TB; The Kid and the Wolf; and FK fill out the fable program. WS and FK are my favorite illustrations. Various pieces seem to be available in various forms, from the original boxes to woodblock replicas. How lucky I was to find a stray copy of the book away from the fable books at Powell's late in my searching there this time through!

Identifier

en_US 9780985832209

en_US 10543 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/75157

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Bang Printing

en_US Brainerd, MN

Subject

en_US PA3855.E5 R66 2012 See all items with this value

en_US Aesop See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole