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Horizon Lamp
2021
book excavation with steel and wood support
62 x 19 x 19 inches
Cascadian Doug
2021
book cloth, paper, metal leaf, and acrylic on board
38 x 58.5. 2.25 inches
Science and Invention
2020
book excavation
20.75 x 24.25 x 3 inches
Atlas of Oregon
2021
book excavation
15 x 18.25 x 2.25 framed
Random House
2020
book excavation
11.25 x 18.5 x 2 inches
Botanicals
2020
book excavation
14.5 x 13 x 2 inches framed
Corona Imperialis
2021
book excavation
9 x 11.75 x 4 inches
Descent of Man
2021
book excavation
13.75 x 11 x 2.5 inches framed
Oregon Fossils
2021
book excavation
13 x 10 x 2 inches framed
Seabirds
2021
book excavation
12.5 x 9.25 x 2.5 inches framed
German Birds
2021
book excavation
10.5 x 8 x 1.25 inches framed
Weather
2020
book excavation
9 x 7 x 1.25 inches framed
For the month of July, Russo Lee Gallery is pleased to present You Are Living In A Poem by James Allen. Known for his book excavations, the artist believes that a poem “unfurls in unexpected waves, like a book.” Many of his book excavations reveal a new combination of words and are poems in their own right. This exhibition features a free-standing sculpture made of vintage Horizon magazines, crowned with what looks like a lampshade, created from major imagery in art history. His book excavations can be found in Public collections at UCLA, Johns Hopkins University, Ringling College of Art and Design, University of Puget Sound, University of Colorado Boulder, Baylor University, and the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. He's also exhibited across the country in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Milwaukee, Portland, Miami, and San Francisco.