Thomas allen

American artist Thomas Allen has tapped into one of his culture's most striking vintage paper icons - pulp fiction. It's an arresting subject matter that he has recreated into the more dramatic form of a 3D sculpture. He cuts out the two-dimensional figures of pulp fiction book covers and refashions them into a graphic depiction of the action within.

Inspired by a View-Master and pop-up books as a child, Thomas Allen became interested in recreating these three-dimensional experiences by using mid century books and pulp fiction paperbacks…

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Thomas Allen was another photographer we were lucky enough to check out this week at the Foley Gallery. A relatively new photography focused gallery.. Gallery owner, Michael Foley, has already put together a group of up and coming young talent. The Gallery also just started up it's very own blog oh no..!! Not another new gallery with a blog!! In the Foley Gallery's latest show by Thomas Allen, Thomas has created staged photographs using vintage paperbacks books where he turned them into…

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From The Watermill Center Benefit Auction, Thomas Allen, Recover (2003), Chromogenic print, 24 × 20 in

Artist and Illustrator Thomas Allen creates stories within stories. What we mean by this is, he gets books that contain a tile and a story within and adds figures, cut-outs, that compliment and add to the original story. The other cool aspect is his use of vintage books and vintage figures that really add to the overall picture. Very imaginative work with excellent positioning of the figures, makes his work a pleasure to look at, we hope you enjoy it as much as we have. Backstop. Press the…

Society is in a digital age and paper books are being left behind. Artists are fighting the tide by bringing books into their own as gorgeous works of art.