Guy Laramee - 'Artist transforms books into landscapes' CBS News
Examining evolution through the dual lens of spirituality and science, Montreal-based book sculptor Guy Laramee creates miniature landscapes from antiquated paperbacks. Drawing upon over three decades of experience as an interdisciplinary artist (including a start as a music composer) and an education in anthropology, Laramée carves out an existentialist parallel between the erosion of geography and the ephemeral nature of the printed word.
Laramée also evokes notes of nostalgia and the passing of time with his paintings of clouds and fog. A self-professed anachronist, Laramée takes inspirational cues from the age of Romanticism and the transcendentalism of Zen, exploring "not only what we think, but that we think." Laramée's distinct, conceptual medium and thematic study of change has involved him in such contemplative projects as the “Other Worldly” exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and an impromptu collaboration with WIRED UK
"I'm a huge fan of Guy's work. There's something so peaceful about it, whilst being technically so extraordinary. That's a very lovely place to find yourself"
Derren Brown