Amy Bassin

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine "
Sculptural Decollage 
Altered Book, H: 18"x W: 20"x D: 9"

 At the beginning of the pandemic when Trump proclaimed the virus was a hoax, I cut up the book Fear: Trump in the White House as an act of defiance to express my rage at the spineless Trump administration. Initially, the destructive act of cutting the pages became an outlet for my anger, but the obsessive repetition of the process ended up meditative.
The destruction of the books comes not as a dismissal of its content but as a transformation from the written into the visual. While they started out as a metaphor of how I felt ‘ripped to sheds’ with loss and anxiety during the Coronavirus crisis, these sculptural decollages," In Praise of Strong Spines" express a celebration of the soul. With a strong spine in the face of tragedy, the human spirit can endure and intersects with existential questions of meaning and purpose.

Tussle Projects exhibition, In Praise of Strong Spines  GO>
 

Tussle Magazine, Review of In Praise of Strong Spines  GO>

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine "
Sculptural Decollage 
Altered Book, H: 18"x W: 20"x D: 9" 

What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. - Kurt Vonnegut 

Tussle Magazine, "Exhibition review " 
by Miklos Legrady
July, 2020  

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine "
Sculptural Decollage
Altered Book, H: 18"x W: 20"x D: 9"

What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. - Kurt Vonnegut 

Tussle Magazine, "Exhibition review " 
by Miklos Legrady
July, 2020  

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Altered Book, H: 7"x W: 9"x D: 4.5," 2020
What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. - Kurt Vonnegut 
Tussle Magazine, "Exhibition review " 
by Miklos Legrady
July, 2020  

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Sculptural Decollage
Altered Book, H: 20"x W: 20"x D: 6," 2020 

Tussle Magazine, "Exhibition review " 

by Miklos Legrady

July, 2020 

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Sculptural Decollage
Altered Book, H: 20"x W: 20"x D: 6," 2020 

Tussle Magazine, "Exhibition review " 
by Miklos Legrady
July, 2020  

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Altered Book, H: 7"x W: 9"x D: 4.5," 2020 

What we love in our books are the depths of many marvelous moments seen all at one time. - Kurt Vonnegut 

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Altered Book, H: 7"x W: 12"x D: 4.5," 2020

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Altered Book, H: 7"x W: 9"x D: 4.5," 2020

In Praise of Strong Spines
"Strong Spine"
Altered Book, H: 7"x W: 12"x D: 4.5," 2020