For over twenty years, Raymond Pettibon's drawings have earned an international following for their fluid style and youthful, iconoclastic outlook. His work is acclaimed for its wit and erudite eccentricities, and reveals an affinity for a diverse group of authors -- from Baudelaire to Henry James to Mickey Spillane -- whose quotations abound in the drawings This volume is a catalogue raisonne of his artist books produced between 1978 and 1998, many of which are now extremely rare and highly collected in both the art world ...
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For over twenty years, Raymond Pettibon's drawings have earned an international following for their fluid style and youthful, iconoclastic outlook. His work is acclaimed for its wit and erudite eccentricities, and reveals an affinity for a diverse group of authors -- from Baudelaire to Henry James to Mickey Spillane -- whose quotations abound in the drawings This volume is a catalogue raisonne of his artist books produced between 1978 and 1998, many of which are now extremely rare and highly collected in both the art world and underground music circles Popularized at first by small independent music labels and publishers, these booklets and zines were originally available only in very small print runs -- editions sizes ranged from 30 to 150 copies, where Pettibon's rough yet cultivated style became synonymous with the late 70s and 80s underground aesthetic. Presenting over a hundred of Pettibon's publications -- 32 printed in their entirety -- this new paperback edition is an important look at the development of one of the most significant artists of the last quarter century.
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Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Distributed Art Publishers, New York. 2000. 992 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A telephone book thick volume of sex, drugs, rock & roll and associated mayhem. This book is a catalogue raisonne of his artist books produced between 1878 and 1998, many of which are extremely rare and sought after in both the art world and underground music circles. Known for his comic-like drawings with disturbing, ironic or ambiguous text, Pettibon's subject matter is sometimes violent and anti-authoritarian. From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s, he was closely associated with the punk rock band Black Flag and the record label SST Records, both founded by his brother Greg Ginn. In addition, Pettibon has designed the cover of the 1991 Sonic Youth album Goo; bassist Kim Gordon had been a longtime admirer of Pettibon's art and has written about him for Artforum in the 1980s. Beginning in the mid-1980s, he became a well-known figure in the contemporary art scene. EB; 5.25 X 2.5 X 8.5 inches; 992 pages.
