Reading Landscapes by Kyle Kirkpatrick

UK-based artist Kyle Kirkpatrick transforms books into beautiful landscape sculptures, complete with miniature figurines. The layering in Kirkpatrick's work is remarkable and the text on the pages add an interesting visual to the swirling cuts.

"My practice is primarily concerned with the notion of the imagined landscape. I present man-made objects and natural materials simultaneously to form carefully and meticulously composed installation works. I capitalize on intrigue taking objects out of context reinventing their use, pushing the viewer to see beyond what I present before them, a glass could be interpreted as a lake or a metal bracket a cliff".

Incredible Landscapes Carved Into Books

Some beautiful work by artist GUY LARAMEE from his series’ titled Biblios and The Great Wall.

Biblios - GUY LARAMEE

Biblios - GUY LARAMEE

The Great Wall - GUY LARAMEE

China's Abandoned Wonderland

A farmer carries a shovel over his shoulder as he walks to tend his crops in a field that includes an abandoned castle-like building that was to be part of an amusement park called "Wonderland", on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on December 5, 2011. (Reuters/David Gray)

A crack in a footpath leading to an abandoned building that was to be part of the Wonderland amusement park, near Beijing, on December 5, 2011. (Reuters/David Gray)

Overgrown pathways and abandoned buildings, meant to be part of Wonderland, an abandoned amusement park northwest of Beijing, on December 5, 2011. (Reuters/David Gray)

An interesting photoessay from The Atlantic magazine on a failed development project in Beijing."   More...