How to Avoid Modernism – Ulises Carrión
How to Avoid Modernism – Ulises Carrión
Pencil on Graph paper. 2012
Ulises Carrión is credited with being one of the first artists to write a general theory about artists’ books. His influential essay, ‘The New Art of Making Books,’ written in 1975, analyzes the traditional form of books in the context its tactile, visual, and intellectual merits. Carrión’s work with visual and concrete poetry expanded the use of the book as a medium for artistic expression that uses the page as an alternative gallery space.
The above information is taken from the following website:
LIFE WITHOUT OBJECTS
TCB Inc, MELBOURNE
15 February – 3 March, 2012
12 Waratah Place, Melbourne VIC 3000.
Website: https://tcbartinc.org.au/content/tag/glenn-walls/

Glenn Walls. All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde. Perspex on board. Bitch Architecture. Perspex on board. 29 x 42 cms (A3).

Glenn Walls. Prototype for Sophisticated Living No 1 (Version 2). Mirror tiles, skateboard wheels. 65 x 65 x 45 (approx.). 2007/2012
Glenn Walls. Installation view. TCB Inc. Untitled (Baseball Bats). Baseball bats and mirror tiles. Dimension variable. 2012
Glenn Walls. Hoodwink (after Sean). Jelutong, Mirror perspex, Mirror tiles, white tape. 2012 (Prototype)

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