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Tag: Reader’s Digest Condensed Books

ARTIST of the DAY: Emily Shane

yours FOREVER

In a Walmart world where most everything can be had for $10 or less, how do we avoid reinforcing a culture that regards everything is disposable?  How do we discourage casual consumerism and reinforce long-term responsibility of ownership?  Value.  Buy what you LOVE.   Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Emily Shane upcycles much-loved cast-offs of days past.   I LOVE the texture AND how illustrative this work is of falling down the reading “rabbit hole”. (continues below)

"Reliquary" detail (top) & triptych (below) by Aritst Emily Shane
“Reliquary” detail (top) & triptych (below) by Artist Emily Shane

Reader’s Digest Condensed Book covers are my the base material for my mixed-media assemblages.  I’m inspired by their vintage look and texture, the rich colors, engaging patterns & surprising beauty –all of which are usually hidden under dust covers!  Now fading from the American gestalt, RDCBs speak to the baby-boomer generation as a bygone slice of middle-class life that will never return.”  Emily Shane

Rediscover #RDCB with Artist Emily Shane!