Jim Shaw: Paperback Covers - by Clément Dirié & Marc Jancou
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Dream-inspired book covers for imaginary pulp novels by Americana connoisseur-bricoleur Jim Shaw </strong></p><p>Since the 1970s, American artist Jim Shaw (born 1952) has used his multimedia artistic practice as a means of exploring and exploiting pop-culture iconography. This publication focuses on one of the key series in Shaw's corpus, in which he draws inspiration from the Anglo-American graphic design and illustrative tradition of cheap paperback books. Inspired by the artist's intense dreaming life, the <i>Paperback Covers</i> series (1996-2013) recreates the lurid imagery associated with pulp novels, with vertical canvases that depict fantastical and irreverent imagery: in one, a werewolf in suspenders is struck by an oncoming 18-wheeler; in another, a line of chorus girls dance in front of a vampire and a woman in red as the couple is in engulfed by flames. Though these "books" bear no text, Shaw's paintings evoke exciting narratives within a single image. All the inventoried <i>Paperback Covers</i> are collected in this softcover volume along with a text by Charlie Fox.</p>
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