omg, jane mount has combined a couple of my most favorite things: art and books. her ideal bookshelf is freaking to die for. seriously. if i had an extra ~$300 lying around i'd totally order a customized painting. tho i'm not sure what books i'd want. haha, i'd be tempted to choose books that i only like (but not love) because they have beautiful bindings (like that gorgeous kenzo book above!!).
i'd definitely have: margaret atwood's the handmaid's tale, f scott fitzgerald's great gatsby, sylvia plath's the bell jar, ray bradbury's fahrenheit 451, w somerset maugham's of human bondage, and shirley jackson's the lottery.
i'd want to include: something by bill bryson, andre dubus iii's house of sand and fog, stanislaw lem's solaris, milan kundera's the unbearable lightness of being, arthur miller's death of a salesman, scott schuman's the sartorialist, jhumpa lahiri's interpreter of maladies, charlotte perkins gilman's the yellow wallpaper, and lois lawry's the giver.
and possibly add: the 2005 lonely planet china, irene nemirovsky's suite francaise, janwillem van de wetering's the empty mirror, anna gavalda's i wish someone were waiting for me somewhere, sena jeter naslund's ahab's wife...
okay, no more, i thought i'd list a few, turns out there are way too many, lol.
what books would you choose?
1 comment:
from angel:
I love that! It's so cool. Sort of reminds me of John-Mark Gleadow's Bibliotecque series of giclees (but those aren't customizable). http://www.johnmarkgleadow.com/giclee.html Seriously the first piece of "real" art we actually considered splurging on (the smaller ones are around $450 I think). We "found" him at a gallery in Key West a few years back. I like the idea of picking which books will go on your painting, though!
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