Mexican mixed media artist Jorge Méndez Blake transforms literature into sculpture with his latest piece of installation art, titled The Castle. At first glance, the piece appears as a normal brick wall, but a closer look reveals a subtle curved bulge in the middle of the 75-foot-long structure. As the eye moves down from the arched top, the viewer can see the culprit is a single book. Lodged in the mortarless wall’s foundation, between the floor and the first layer of bricks, is a copy of Franz Kafka’s The Castle.
With an architectural background and a life-long of love of books, Blake pays homage to Kafka by placing his novel at the base, so that it inflects the monumental red-brick structure. The author only ever wrote privately, and never intended his work to be published. It was only after his death that The Castle was published by a friend. Blake’s minimal approach reveals the power of a single book, and a metaphor for how a small idea can have a monumental effect.
Find more of Blake’s work on his website.
Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake pays homage to literature by incorporating a copy of Franz Kafka’s The Castle into his latest piece of installation art.
Balancing the entire brick wall, the book creates a bulge and curve in the centre of the 75 x 13 foot structure.
Blake’s minimal approach reveals the power of a single book, and a metaphor for how a small idea can have a monumental effect.
Jorge Méndez Blake: Website
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