I've been working on some tree forms in some of the work headed for my solo exhibit that opens Sunday May 4 (hit this link for more information), and in doing so today found this great site about art news. First up, this book about trees as information data communicators, from the Middle Ages and beyond.
The Book of Trees: Visualizing Branches of Knowledge by Manuel Lima is available April 15 from Princeton Architectural Press. Lima will be at the Strand (828 Broadway, Manhattan) on April 24 and the 92nd Street Y on May 21 for book talks.
This looks like a lovely and visually interesting book -- hope to see it in person soon. I am always interested in the intersections of art and technology -- and this seems to be what was happening even there in the middle ages. I also recently read that TREE as a word has the root from its origin as "TRIUE," thus making the intersection of data and tree images even more interesting.
I found the site, Hyperallergic, Sensitive to Art and its Discontents, to be a thoughtful, wide-ranging collection of articles, news, commentary and reviews.
Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
Click on the image below to see a gallery of other trees in this textile collage painting that will be in the new exhibit, The Road to Compostela.
