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At the Saint Louis Art Museum, artist Buzz Spector considers literature by playing editor Buzz Spector: Alterations is on view at SLAM until May 31.
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The contemporary conceptual artist Buzz Spector explains his process like this: âI stack things. I tear stuff up.â But those terse sentences belie a much more complex process of destructive creation. On display now at the Saint Louis Art Museum, âBuzz Spector: Alterationsâ considers the book and the page as objects of collection, touchstones of human interaction, and sources of raw material.Â
âAlterationsâ is a survey of the internationally recognized artistâs career. In it, the torn page and written word are mainstays. Sometimes whimsical and often philosophical, these works cause the viewer to pause and think about authorship and the possibilities of books and language. To make his altered books, Spector tears away pages to form new objects with new meanings. The books take on a wedge