edgar orlaineta forms fictional extensions of alvin lustig’s book jacket designs

edgar orlaineta forms fictional extensions of alvin lustig’s book jacket designs
(above) ‘three lives’, walnut, silk thread, oil paint, brass plated steel, book (three lives by gertrude stein)
all images courtesy of edgar orlaineta

‘new directions’ is a series of small sculptures by mexican artist edgar orlaineta. the works are fictional extensions of famed american designer alvin lustig’s numerous book jackets for new directions books in the 1940s and 50s. composed of wood, brass, aluminum, steel, and others; each is paired with an original book designed by lustig, or a text written regarding his career. after showings in milan’s FL gallery, and 99.9 gallery in guatemala city, ‘new directions’ is currently in-route to a group show at MARCO, in moterrey, nuevo león, mexico. 

‘epizootics’, walnut, brass, brass plated steel, book (epizootics by jay irving landesman)

‘a dream of love’, walnut, cottonwood, brass plated steel, book (a dream of love by william carlos williams)

‘a handful of dust’, walnut, brass, book (a handful of dust by evelyn waugh)

‘the flowers of evil’, walnut, brass plated steel, book (the flowers of evil by charles baudelaire)

‘nausea’, walnut, brass plated steel, book (nausea by jean paul sartre)

‘three tales’, wood, aluminum, brass plated steel, oil & acrylic, silk thread, plywood, book (three tales by flaubert)

‘robinson y woolf’, brass plated steel, wood, plywood, glass, rubber, books (virginia woolf by david daiches, edwin arlington robinson by yvor winters)

‘the day of the locust/the language of advertising’, wood, brass, book, magazine (the day of the locust by nathanael west, fortune, nov. 1952)

‘the man who died’, brass, wood, steel, electrostatic paint, wax, book (the man who died by D.H. laurence)

‘the psychopathology of time & life – neurotica 5’, wood, brass plated steel, acrylic paint, magazine (neurotica 5, neurotica publishing co.)

installation at FL gallery, milan 

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