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Then there was Hell Bound: New Gothic Art, which I saw whilst perusing the shelves at thee best Japanese bookstore in NYC, Kinokuniya. All kinds of contemporary artists are featured inside, most of whom I don't know, which is great...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Dark Art Books
I found myself in Club Monaco (ouch) while shopping in Soho with a friend, and oddly enough came across the book, Black Paintings. It depicts the use of black in painting from the '3 R's' of the 1940's New York School: Rauschenberg, Reinhardt, and Rothko. Finding it amongst a sea of black, despite the overarching artlessness of the clothing around me, was quite heartening.
Then there was Hell Bound: New Gothic Art, which I saw whilst perusing the shelves at thee best Japanese bookstore in NYC, Kinokuniya. All kinds of contemporary artists are featured inside, most of whom I don't know, which is great...
Then there was Hell Bound: New Gothic Art, which I saw whilst perusing the shelves at thee best Japanese bookstore in NYC, Kinokuniya. All kinds of contemporary artists are featured inside, most of whom I don't know, which is great...
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I got Hellbound at the Boston ICA when I went to check out a recent exhibit. I think it's RAD but I hate that stupid skeleton on the cover. At least what's inside more than makes up for that!!
yeah, agreed. it's pretty cutesy and the stuff inside is anything but!
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