Selected Reading (Core of Conviction), Charcoal and graphite on paper, 100 x 72 in., 2012 Combining deep technical skill with a healthy sense of humor Eric Yahnker's work relieves much of the seriousness that one usually associates with an A-list artist. His witty pairings of objects with detailed drawings challenges and exposes the deeply ingrained duality that hinders our culture. His series Selected Reading highlights his approach by providing iconic cultural imagery with some challenging reading material. As the press release for his solo show last summer at Ambach & Rice states, Yahnker: deploys an unflinching comedic analysis of the Western world's fixation...
Norman Mailer does Picasso
Who knew that Norman Mailer had a drawing side. The two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and literary legend also had a penchant for drawing and one of his major influences happened to be Pablo Picasso. A gallery of Mailer's Picasso-inspired drawings is now on view at POBA, a new online platform devoted to "preserving, showcasing, and promoting the work of artists who died without recognition of the full measure of their talents." Taking its name from the phonetic pronunciation of the Tibetan word "phowa," which refers to the transfer of consciousness at death to a new life, POBA plans to digitally preserve works...
"Literary Puns" by Timothy Leo Taranto
The project:Create a series of drawings of famous authors based on a slight twist of name.The result:Pure entertainment.PoseiDon DeLilloWhere's Waldo EmersonDesign Taxi as a few more images here Famous Novelists Turned Into Whimsical Wordplay and the artist posts the latest ones here