Robert The is an artist that transforms ordinary books into funny shapes by cutting them. The shapes are everything from lobsters and scorpions to guns and cakes. They are still books but the content is unreadable, so they function only as art, or more precisely modern art.
Robert The, that is also a mathematician, has made these bizarre creations for many years, and you can see his works in several private collections in modern museums.
Books have been used by many other artists, like Mike Stilkey; he is using the spines of stacked books to create beautiful art.
Saca says
March 11, 2010 at 11:03 pmIt would be cooler if you actually COULD read the content lol, but this is awesome..
Matt says
March 13, 2010 at 12:38 pmI agree, wish I could read the content, but the books looks hilarious that way, especially the broom, imagine dusting with that!
Barbie says
March 13, 2010 at 12:39 pmThis is art at its best.. I mean who reads books anyways?!?
Jeez-US says
March 13, 2010 at 2:37 pmBarbie, that is a perfect name for your comment. Hopefully your looks match your name so that you will never have to use your intelligence for survival in the real world.
Owen says
March 14, 2010 at 7:59 amI really hope that was sarcasm Barbie. Otherwise I can only agree with Jeez-US. Having said that, girls so stupid and good looking certainly serve a purpose, after all what would we do without bars.
messed up says
August 15, 2010 at 1:08 ami don’t think it is appropriate to deface a book this way.
Tasorius says
August 18, 2010 at 8:00 pmI love books. So naturally I must hate this “art”.