"Though some may think there should be a separation between art/music and politics, it should be reinforced that art can be a form of nonviolent protest" -Eddie VedderPearl Jam vs. Ames Bros brings together 229 posters created for Pearl Jam from 1995-2007 by the Ames Bros and Brad Klausen.The book features over 80 comments on individual posters from all five members of Pearl Jam and running commentary from the poster designers -- offering insight into the inspiration, concepts and process of poster creation.Details:Bros, Ames and Brad Klausen. Pearl Jam vs. Ames Bros: 13 Years of Tour Posters. Ames Bros Inc....
Pop Surrealism Meets the Book
"Dry All My Tears" 2008 Ink and acrylic on old bookSize: 27/29cm (10.5/7.5in)Mike Stilkey is on a roll. On the heels of his amazing installation, "When the Animals Rebel" at Rice University this past summer comes "An Occasion of Wonder" his one-man show currently on view at at Milieu Gallerie in Bern, Switzerland.From the exhibit intro:Using ink, colored pencil, acrilyc, gouache and lacquer Mike Stilkey depicts a melancholic and at times whimsical cast of characters inhabiting ambiguous spaces and narratives of fantasy and fairy tales. His work is reminiscent of Weimar-era German expressionism and his style has been described by...
Book Hybrid
"The Future of Books" by Kyle BeanThanks to if:book for the lead
The Rory Macbeth Version of the Bible
"Bible", 2007, printed document, edition of 300, 21 x 30 x 0.5cmWelcome to Rory Macbeth's new word order. Macbeth has developed software that reorganized the complete text of the bible into alphabetical order and then printed it in an edition of 300.Did you know that there are 313 exclamation marks, 56 uses of the word'slaughters' and 86 instances of the word 'ass'?Also of note is Macbeth's 2006 rendering of the text of Sit Thomas Moore's Utopia on the outside of a building in Norwich, UK.
Blood on Paper : Books in the Hand of Artists
"At a time when the notion of the book is challenged by the advent of the screen and computer, this exhibition aims to show the extraordinary ways in which the book has been treated by leading artists of today and the recent past. Blood on Paper will focus on new and contemporary work, and on books where the artist has been the driving force in conception and design." --from the Introduction to the exhibit.Most notable artists of the 20th and 21st century have used the book form as a vehicle. No matter what their primary artistic leaning (painting, sculpture, drawing,...