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Fafi Layouts Graffiti Truths blog

August 19, 2010 - 10:24 am 8 Comments
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The book covers many artists. Gives a great overview of the pop surrealism movement.

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  1. Hoang Says:
    August 19th, 2010 at 11:39 am

    Many of what I consider to be the most interesting and thought-provoking artists of our time are compiled here. The technical styles vary widely, but there is a universal sense of creative innovation and the outright bizarre that runs throughout the book. A great ‘coffee-table’ book for anyone into this genre of art.

  2. Goldfinger Says:
    August 19th, 2010 at 11:39 pm

    It’s on the surface and all over all around you. Mind as well take it in and enjoy it. Play with it. There isn’t any escaping it really. I like the idea of taking what is around you, some of which has been spoon fed to you since you were an infant laying on the carpet in front of the TV -just a relentless onslaught of media images, memes, symbols, this American mass culture or popular culture- and regurgitating it. Throw it back up after having processed it a bit and make something interesting, maybe more interesting, out of it. Well, that is what’s going on with some of this stuff. And some of it is coming from who knows where and some of it seems to be taken right off a shelf and repackaged.

    Much of the art described as “lowbrow” and/or “pop surrealism” at this point has been widely visible and familiar to much of the public. So the surreal or weird becomes regular (as it often does). “Underground” in the title means not in museums or the top art galleries. I guess I don’t care for the idea or metaphor of “underground”. It doesn’t make much sense to me, but anyway. I love some of this art, some of it not so much. If your unfamiliar and curious just check out an issue of “Juxtapoz” at Barnes and Noble or most book stores in the mall.

    As far as this book goes, if you got 30 plus bucks to spend, it could make for a good coffee table book I suppose. It contains some essays worth reading if your interested in this art, including one by Robert Williams who is a central figure of the so-called lowbrow art scene. I don’t agree with some of what these guys have to say, but they’re interesting. There are nice selections from many of the most respected and influential artists of “pop surrealism” which, btw, is more or less refering to most of the art classified as “lowbrow”, depending on who you ask.

  3. Beveridge Says:
    August 20th, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    An okay introduction to the genre, with some of the originators but too many of the copycats. Artists like Anthony Ausgang and The Pizz have been trying for years to be well known lowbrow artists, which they have achieved, but with zero originality or technique. The scene is plagued with imitators and most gallerists or anthologists don’t seem to sift them out. The Juxtapoz and Hi-Fructose collections are probably better.

  4. Nunally Says:
    August 20th, 2010 at 11:38 pm

    This is the kind of book that helps perpetuate the sense of confusion. It is also a misleading title since it really has absolutely nothing to do with surrealism. Nothing at all. If one wants to know what surrealism is, then one should read The Manifestoes of Surrealism – at least start there. Then you will see how trite and misleading this book is. Read anything by Andre Breton.

  5. Lindemann Says:
    August 21st, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    There is very little text in this book.. it is mainly a coffee table book. The essay is by Ivan Vartanian, who I’ve never heard of and is not really an academic author or scholar. I found it to be a somewhat shallow and somewhat stereotypical discussion of the artists included. The entries for each artist were also very brief. The images, however speak for themselves, and there are quite a few in this slender book. They included several full-color full-page comics by Aya Takano for example. The images are not really “definitive” and they should be supplemental to other reproductions of the artists’ works.

  6. Cramer Says:
    August 21st, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    The art is spectacular!! That’s all I gotta say about that.

    ~El-Matto

  7. Denzinger Says:
    August 22nd, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Give this book a try if you want to learn more about traditional Japanese pop art.

  8. Abel Says:
    August 22nd, 2010 at 11:51 pm

    The book had pages torn out. Had to return it for a new one. :(