Now on view
非公開: 私は大町で一冊の本に出逢った
市民が持ち寄った本を市内商店街各所で貸し出す「街中図書館」から構想を得て、2017年の第１回展で大町名店街にある共同作業所「...
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I Came Upon a Book in Omachi
Jimmy Liao（Taiwan）
Now on view
Inspired by “Machinaka Library ” which lends books brought by citizens at various places in the shopping districts of the city, Jimmy’s Bookstore was opened at the joint workshop, “Ganbariya-san” in Omachi Meitengai(shopping district) at the first festival in 2017. The artists made approximately sixty different kinds of book covers, blindfolded more than 1600 used books, and created new encounters with books. This time, he will improve the shop space and books in order to create a more comfortable reading space and will also create a mobile sales car that offers goods and refreshments. Moreover, two sculptures of children enjoying reading will be installed in the square of Shinano Omachi Station, welcoming and inviting the visitors to the world of stories and the mountainous town with abundant nature.
Jimmy Liao（Taiwan）
Born 1958 and currently resides in Taiwan. A best-selling book illustrator in Taiwan. With a novel method for representing illustrations as languages, he has produced some 40 poetic and charming works that have been translated into over 10 languages, mostly in the US, Europe, Japan, Korea and Thailand. He has illustrated for Joyce Dunbar’s “The Monster Who Ate Darkness” and Jerry Spinelli’s “I Can Be Anything”.
Artist web site：http://www.jimmyspa.com/
