Primordial Swamp, part 2
Altered book assemblage
by
Frank Turek
The inside cover is covered with a monochromatic indigo, elaborate paisley patterned wallpaper sample. Atop this is an illustration of Isaac Newton with a clipping from a grammar primer pasted below and a color illustration of a firefly above. The firefly is on a hinged cover: opening it reveals an etching of a ball suspended in a vial of water. The arch top frame is covered with a reproduction of Picasso’s blue harlequin paintings. The inside of the frame is divided into an upper and lower half by a piece of blue glass which covers the lower half. Behind the blue glass is an illustration of early Earth plant life. Raised atop the center of this bottom section is a clipping of a comic book speech bubble proclaiming,”The Fire God! The Fire God! He has come back!” The background illustration of the top section shows a nude woman on the left with a view of her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries, and on the right a cross-section of a flower bud with a depiction of its seed bearing and pollen disbursement. To the right side is a plastic toy arm with a hand, fingers extended, coming up at an angle from the lower right side from behind a rusted tap of metal. The side panels shows four etching illustrations of different devices for measuring weights. The inside top of the frame is a mirror. The title, date and signature are on a scrap of yellowed paper pasted to the bottom left outside edge of the frame.
Original book cover title:
History of England vol. III by Macaulay
Some elements of this assemblage. Select one to find other altered books with the same.
anatomy, comic book, etching illustration, glass, paisley, primer, toy, vials, wallpaper pattern, yellowed paper