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Details

Additional authors

1. Cushway, Phil.

Description

1. 178 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm

Summary

1. "The Art of the Dead showcases the vibrant, charismatic poster art that emerged from the streets of San Francisco in 1964 and 1966. It traces the cultural, political, and historical influences of posters as art back to Japanese wood blocks through Bell Époque, on to the Beatniks, the Free Speech Movement, and the Acid Tests. Featuring interviews and profiles of the key artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley "Mouse" Miller, Alton Kelley, Wes Wilson, and Victor Moscoso. The book uses Grateful Dead as the vehicle to tell the story of poster art as The Dead were the band that ultimately proved to be the most substantive and engaged partner for the artists and hence featured the best art of any rock 'n' roll band ever. The book will follow a chronological evolution of the art from the band's origination in 1965 through Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. The book is in four-color throughout, featuring iconic and rare images as well as extensive "process" material, including sketches, original art, blue lines, film, and printing plates that show how the art was created. It will also include essays by Greil Marcus, Peter Coyote, and Victoria Binder, as well as essays on the elements of the printing process from the original art to the final poster. Ultimately, the Art of the Dead makes the case that poster art is truly an original form of American fine art"--
2. "The Art of the Dead showcases the poster art that emerged from the streets of San Francisco in 1964 and 1966. It traces the cultural, political, and historical influences of posters as art back to Japanese wood blocks through Bell Époque, on to the Beatniks, the Free Speech Movement, and the Acid Tests. Featuring interviews and profiles of the key artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley "Mouse" Miller, Alton Kelley, Wes Wilson, and Victor Moscoso. The book uses Grateful Dead as the vehicle to tell the story of poster art. The book follows a chronological evolution of the art from the band's origination in 1965 through Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. The book is in four-color throughout, featuring iconic and rare images as well as extensive "process" material, including sketches, original art, blue lines, film, and printing plates. It also includes essays by Greil Marcus, Peter Coyote, and Victoria Binder, as well as essays on the elements of the printing process from the original art to the final poster. "--

Subject

1. Posters, American > California > San Francisco > 20th century
2. Rock music > Posters
3. Rock concerts > Posters
4. ART / Popular Culture
5. Grateful Dead (Musical group)
6. Graphic artists > United States

Contents

1. Art or artifact? -- Grateful Dead's undying poster legacy / Steven Heller -- It's all in the line / Peter Coyote -- Art at the edge of magic / Mickey Hart -- Japan/Paris/San Francisco -- The explosion -- The big five -- Evolution of an art. Wes Wilson ; Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley ; Victor Moscoso ; Rick Griffin ; The Human Be In ; A snapshot in time / Greil Marcus ; The joint show ; Mari Tepper ; Lee Conklin ; Aoxomoxoa ; David Singer ; Bonnie MacLean ; Randy Tuten ; Gunther Kieser ; Gary Grimshaw ; Peter Max ; Robert Rauschenberg ; Mark Arminski -- In closing.

Call number

1. JNG 13-52

Note

1. Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.

Title

1. Art of the Dead / [edited by Phil Cushway].

Publisher

1. Berkeley, CA : Soft Skull Press, [2012]

Copyright date

1. ©2012

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.

Added author

1. Cushway, Phil.

LCCN

1. 2012031242

ISBN

1. 9781593765026 (hardback)
2. 1593765029 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JNG 13-52