There are a number of other installations in this museum by Peter Kalmus that are thought provoking and intriguing, but I’ll come to this one that was created in 2014. However, this one is about cutting books up and trying to make a statement. There’s only one statement to me, that the gallery is privileged, fortunate and is mocking those who don’t have access to books. It’s like a gallery that uses food that they leave to be destroyed claiming it’s showing the transience of the art form and claiming that they are drawing attention to some sort of issue, oblivious that they’re the problem.
For me, and this is obviously just my view as it’s my blog, the career of Kalmus is one of radical inclusion, but I don’t like this artwork due to the messages that come from it. But, I’ll be more positive about his other stuff now I’ve finished this rant….