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In 1950s New York, before he became one of the most famous names of
the 20th century, Andy Warhol was already a skilled and successful
commercial artist. During this time, as part of his strategy to woo
clients and forge friendships, he created seven handmade artist’s
books, reserved to his most valued contacts. These featured
personal, unique drawings and quirky texts revealing his fondness
for—among other subjects—cats, food, myths, shoes, beautiful
boys, and gorgeous girls. Decades later, with originals now
changing hands for thousands of dollars at auction, TASCHEN
presents an XL-sized volume containing meticulous reprints of these
seven books. With titles such as Love Is a Pink Cake, 25 Cats Named
Sam, and À la Recherche du Shoe Perdu, the series reveals the
artist’s off-the-wall character as well as his accomplished
draftsmanship, boundless creativity, and innuendo-laced humor. This
book makes delightful play with styles and genres, including A Is
for Alphabet, which devotes a page to each letter of the alphabet,
with illustrations complemented by stumbling three-line verses that
tell of strange encounters between man and animal. In the Bottom of
My Garden is at once a Warhol twist on a children’s book and a
covert celebration of gay love. Wild Raspberries, meanwhile, is a
spoof cookbook with a cornucopia of adventurous recipes and
illustrations. This volume also includes introductions for each of
Warhol’s illustrations. Complete with rarely seen photographs of
the artist, inspirational ephemera, and commercial assignments,
they contextualize Warhol’s 1950s art, offering a glimpse into
his early creative process as well as his endearing, playful
character. Little-known, much-coveted jewels in the Warhol crown,
these hand-drawn delights are as appealing and original today as
they were back in the halcyon days of the 1950s and offer a unique
glimpse at a budding genius on the cusp of global fame. © The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.
This book highlights two series of little known drawings from the
1950's, drawings where Andy Warhol first explored the controversial
and for him deeply personal subject of drag. His oeuvre during the
first decade of his career, before he became the god father of Pop,
has proven to be enormously influential on his life's work but
remains little known. In 1953, Warhol created two unique series of
drawings, quite different from his commissioned work. In one
series, he developed an ensemble of spirited wome n that were
derived from photographs of stage divas and - of men in drag. He
delved deeper into the art of dressing as the opposite sex with his
second series, a set of portraits of men posing in high and low
drag. This book considers Warhol's work and its d ebt to newly
discovered photographs that his friend, photographer Otto Fenn,
staged explicitly for Warhol's purpose. Drag & Draw sheds light
on New York's secret gay and drag scenes during the repressive
1950s
English summary: Picasso was one of the most prolific artists of
the 20th Century, including in the decorative art of book design.
Between 1905 and 1973, he designed more than 150 books, the most
important of which are shown in a superb exhibition at the Museum
Brandhorst in Munich. The focus of the exhibition lies on Picasso's
experimentation with techniques and expressive possibilities in
this fascinating medium. This catalog and the exhibition present
the artist's book by Picasso as a complex object, not as a
commercial art. The universal artist scratched, cut, stabbed or
drew illustrations, but he also wrote poems, dedications and
political texts. Page sequences, layout and typography inspired him
as much as book covers and slipcases. He used almost every
previously known printing technique and drove new technologies to
their limits. The earliest illustrations were created at the
request of his friend, the author Max Jacob. They were followed in
the coming decades by projects with Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara,
Pierre Reverdy, and many others. Picasso also responded to the
invitations of major publishers such as Pierre Andre Benoit, Iliazd
and Georges Hugnet, and with them he created some of the most
beautiful art books of the 20th Century. The catalog Pablo Picasso:
Kunst am Buch traces the stimulus that books exerted on Picasso and
his friends. Pictures of side tracks, covers and slipcases clearly
highlight the diversity of the medium. In-depth articles explain
the collaboration with various authors and publishers and provide
insight into some of the most exciting artist books. German text.
German description: Picasso war einer der produktivsten Kuenstler
des 20. Jahrhunderts, auch auf dem Gebiet des Kuenstlerbuchs.
Zwischen 1905 und 1973 gestaltete er mehr als 150 Buecher, von
denen die bedeutendsten in einer auaergewohnlichen Ausstellung im
Museum Brandhorst in Muenchen gezeigt werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht
Picassos Experimentierfreude mit den Techniken und
Ausdrucksmoglichkeiten dieses fesselnden Mediums. Katalog und
Ausstellung prasentieren das Kuenstlerbuch Picassos erstmals als
komplexes Objekt, nicht als Gebrauchsgraphik. Der
Universalkuenstler ritzte, schnitt, stach oder zeichnete
Illustrationen, er verfasste aber auch selbst Gedichte, Widmungen
und politische Texte. Seitenabfolge, Layout, Typographie
inspirierten ihn ebenso wie Bucheinbande und Schuber. Er benutzte
fast jede bis dahin bekannte Drucktechnik und trieb neue Techniken
an ihre Grenzen. Die ersten Illustrationen schuf Picasso auf Bitten
seines Freundes, des Autors Max Jacob. Es folgten in kommenden
Jahrzehnten Projekte mit Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara, Pierre Reverdy
und anderen. Picasso reagierte zudem auf die Einladungen
bedeutender Verleger wie Pierre Andre Benoit, Iliazd und Georges
Hugnet und schuf mit ihnen einige der schonsten Kuenstlerbuecher
des 20. Jahrhunderts. Den entstandenen Buchkunstwerken merkt man
die Freude ihrer Schopfer an jedem Detail an, sie kitzeln beim
Durchblattern alle Sinne. Der Katalog "Pablo Picasso. Kunst am
Buch" spuert dem Reiz nach, den Buecher auf Picasso und seine
Freunde ausgeuebt haben. Aufnahmen von Seitenstrecken, Einbanden
und Schubern machen die Vielfalt des Mediums anschaulich.
Vertiefende Texte erlautern die Zusammenarbeit mit einzelnen
Autoren und Verlegern und geben Einblick in einige der spannendsten
Kuenstlerbuecher.
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