Beautiful Losers Contemporary Art and Street Culture Softcover Edition, Brand
Beautiful Losers : Contemporary Art and Street Culture (Softcover Edition, Brand New). The greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men, corporate focus groups or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically. More often than not, these manifestations have been the result of a few like-minded people coming together to create something new and original for no other purpose than a common love of doing it. In the 1990s, a loose-knit group of American artists and creators, many just out of their teens, began their careers in just such a way. Influenced by the popular underground youth subcultures of the day, such as skateboarding, graffiti, street fashion and independent music, artists like Shepard Fairey, Mark Gonzales, Spike Jonze, Margaret Kilgallen, Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Phil Frost, Chris Johanson, Harmony Korine and Ed Templeton began to create art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Many had no formal training and almost no conception of the inner workings of the art world. They learned their crafts through practice, trial and error, and good old-fashioned innovation. Not since the Beat Generation have we seen a group of creative individuals with such a unified aesthetic sense and varied cultural facets. The world of art has been greatly affected by their accomplishments as have the worlds of fashion, music, literature, film, and, ironically, athletics.
Beautiful Losers is a retrospective celebration of this spirit, with hundreds of artworks by over two dozen artists, from precursors like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Larry Clark, to more recent adherents Ryan McGinness, KAWS and Geoff McFetridge. Work in all conceivable mediums is included, plus reproductions of reams of ephemera.
The accompanying essays are contributed by a half-dozen writers who have championed these beautiful losers from the start. This paperback reprint includes more pages, more images, an exhibition checklist, installation shots from a variety of exhibitions and an interview with Beautiful Losers advocate Agnes B. 9 x 1.25 x 11.05 inches. Is a retrospective celebration of this spirit, with hundreds of artworks by over two dozen artists, from precursors like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Larry Clark, to more recent adherents Ryan McGinness, KAWS and Geoff McFetridge. This paperback reprint includes more pages, more images, an exhibition checklist, installation shots from a variety of exhibitions and an interview with. Sorry, our items are NOT available for pick-up. No additional information at this time. Born In The Bronx, Signed Expanded Edition. East Village USA / Brand New Copy.Beautiful Losers : Contemporary Art and Street Culture Brand New Limited Editio. Flip the Script / Collector First Pressing in Shrink Wrap. This item is in the category "Books & Magazines\Books". The seller is "stacksandwax" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Brand: Stacks and Wax
- ISBN: 9781933045306
- EAN: 9781933045306
- Book Title: Beautiful Losers : Contemporary Art and Street Culture
- Item Length: 11in./Distributed Art Publishers
- Publication Year: 2005
- Format: Perfect
- Language: English
- Item Height: 0.9in.
- Author: Aaron Rose, Alex Baker, Jocko Weyland, Christian Strike, Arty Nelson
- Genre: Art, History, Social Science
- Topic: United States / 20th Century, Sociology / General, Popular Culture, American / General, History / General
- Item Width: 8.5in.
- Item Weight: 0 Oz
- Number of Pages: 288 Pages