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A three-dimensional exploration of collage, James Allen’s work transforms books into complex, almost magical objects. Each piece evolves through a process of careful excavation, as the artist responds to the specific details, imagery, and content of the book in hand. The resulting forms chart a dynamic journey of action and reaction, where cutting, carving, and revealing become acts of both destruction and creation. In the end, Allen’s objects preserve a treasury of information that runs parallel to the text itself—an alternate narrative embedded in the very material of the book.
