Analyzing The Term 'Library Of Dust'

believe the term “Library of Dust” for the title of this series of art, is meant to represent how these canisters are contained in a room in an effort to categorize and arrange the remains of the patients who have been deceased for long periods of time. Just like a library, the cans are kept in place and ordered as if they were books, although in reality the situation is bizarre. As much as the canisters are supposed to have order, they insistently and steadily transform their appearance over time. They are chemical and synthetic scenes of change, both living and dead. I believe David Maisel’s work portrays a complex evolution in which gives form to those long forgotten and never claimed.