ArtWorld Market
From virtualartpedia
This article needs to be wikified in order to meet VirtualArtpedia's quality standards.Please improve this article if you can.
The quality of this article may be compromised by "peacock terms".You can help VirtualArtpedia by removing peacock terms.
This article contains First Life information about a Second Life avatar.You can help VirtualArtpedia by including information about the avatar's Second Life accomplishments.
Richard Minsky, born in 1947, is one of the most influential book artists, first being introduced to the book arts in 1960 when at the age of thirteen he purchased his printing press. He studied bookbinding with Daniel Gibson Knowlton in Providence, Rhode Island, and in 1974 founded the Center for Book Arts in New York (CBA) making it the model for subsequent centers to follow.
While a traditionally trained bookbinder, his work has long challenged traditional bookbinding aesthetics, moving the book from an expression of craft to art, and influencing generations of book artists to use the materials and structure as metaphors for the work. The Birds of North America featured a salted pheasant skin recalling the techniques of nineteenth-century naturalists who shot the animals they depicted.
Other works by Minsky have featured barbed wire, rat skin and a gas mask. An innovator in many areas, Minsky was one of the first book artists to make use actively of the Web as a means for showcasing his own work and as an outreach tool. He is highly sought after as a speaker and workshop presenter.
Controversy
In January 2007, the questionable ethics of trademarking the word "SLArt" by Richard Minsky became the topic of heated debate both inside and outside the SL artists community after several blogposts about incidents with people being asked to license their use of the word. The wiki entry for "SLArt has extensive details of the on-going conflict
