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pop surrealism: the rise of underground art
—kirsten anderson

With its origins in 1960s hot rod culture and underground comics, Pop Surrealism/Lowbrow art has evolved and expanded into the most vilified, vital and exciting movement in contemporary art. Featuring over 150 full-color images, Pop Surrealism is the first book to offer a comprehensive survey of this fascinating new art movement and its top renegade artists.. More.


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a quest among the bewildered: the early autobiographical novel
—wulf zendik

"Wulf was an artist: a musician, a writer of fiction and philosophy, an individualist the likes rarely seen in humanity. He worshiped beauty and aesthetics, believed in both the harshest discipline and the most uninhibited pursuit of pleasure. Wulf relished his chosen role as iconoclast (definition: One who attacks and seeks to overthrow traditional or popular ideas or institutions). Although he hung around in the Beat era and 'A Quest Among The Bewildered' is considered a Beat era novel, Wulf's idealism did not die with the era and was not from the era; it came from himself and what he went through and saw in his life, he went on to create a whole Revolutionary Art Movement (www.zendik.org)..." More.


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anarchy
—john cage

Composed with the aid of a computer program to simulate the coin toss of the I Ching, Anarchy draws on the writings of many serious anarchists including Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Malatesta, not so much making arguments for anarchism as "brushing information against information," giving the very words new combinations that de-familiarize and re-energize them..." More.


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weirdo deluxe: the wild world of pop surrealism & lowbrow art
—matt dukes jordan

"Lowbrow" it may be called, but high-profile best describes the cultural impact of this contemporary art movement. Found everywhere from wine labels and high-end bar accessories to major motion pictures, the visibility of this dynamic work has rapidly increased in the last few years to worldwide recognition and acclaim. Weirdo Deluxe is the first significant manifesto of the genre—a riotous blend of pop culture, street culture, pop art, and surrealism... More.


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pop art: a critical history
—steven henry madoff

Pop Art: A Critical History represents the most complete and coherent record of Pop art yet published. The book concludes with an invaluable chronology of the major '60s exhibitions by Pop artists. Among the contributors are Lawrence Alloway, John Coplans, Donald Judd, Max Kozloff, Gerald Nordland, Peter Plagens, Barbara Rose, Robert Rosenblum, John Russell, Gene Swenson, and Sidney Tillim... More.


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eyesore: recent litter from the firehouse kustom rockart company
—chuck sperry

Firehouse has created posters for rock bands including Pavement, Pearl Jam, the Beastie Boys, Hole, and the Rolling Stones. This book contains a rich sampling of their signature silkscreen technique that blends splendid artistry with impeccable craftsmanship— an eye-popping collection of the rock and roll posters and ephemera that made this studio famous..." More.


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blackhole
—charles burns

Ben Schwartz (The Washington Post): "Burns's art is thick with black ink -- so much so that even daylight scenes sop with pools of shadow and dark ooze. His kids drag clouds of despair with them. Often drawn in photo negatives, Black Hole depicts a world in which the white lines of order hold back the nocturnal depths of emotion, but just barely..." More.


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