Homo americanus
Subtitle: collected works
By: text, Raymond Pettibon, Ulrich Loock, Lucas Zwirner ; editors, Ulrich Loock, Harald Falckenberg ; translation (German/English), Lucas Zwirner ; curated by Ulrich Loock
Contributors: Loock, Ulrich, curator, editor, writer of added commentary; Zwirner, Lucas, translator, writer of added commentary; Falckenberg, Harald, 1943- editor; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; MdM Salzburg
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 687
ISBN-13: 9781941701263
Subjects: Exhibitions; Artists
Other titles: Pettibon; Raymond Pettibon: Homo americanus, collected works
Description: Raymond Pettibon is the foremost draftsman of his generation, and one of America's most important contemporary artists. Approaching high and low subject matter with equal appetite and comfort, Pettibon plumbs the depths of American sexuality, politics, subcultures, mores, and intellectual histories through themes ranging from Shakespeare to Gumby, surfers to the Bible, baseball to German Romanticism. Published on the occasion of his major European traveling retrospective at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Sammlung Falckenberg, Raymond Pettibon: Homo Americanus presents over six hundred works from every part of the artist's career, the majority of which have never been shown before. Arranged thematically in thirty-two chapters, this unique catalogue charts the appearance and development of the themes that have come to define Pettibon's expansive oeuvre. Different sections are introduced with excerpts from interviews conducted with the artist. The book includes a complete facsimile of his first artists' book, Captive Chains - almost entirely unavailable for decades - in addition to numerous early drawings completed with his nephew, record covers, flyers, and sections dedicated to collages and drawings from the 1980s to today.
Notes: This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Raymond Pettibon, Homo americanus : collected works, Deichtorhallen Hamburg - Sammlung Falckenberg, February 28-September 25, 2016, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, November 19, 2016-February 12, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Dirk Luckow, Sabine Breitwieser; title: Editor's introduction  -- Ulrich Loock, Harlad Falckenberg -- Captive Chains (1978) -- Flyers (1979 to early 1980s) -- Record covers (Since 1978) -- Helter Skelter (Early 1980s) -- One-liners (Mid-1980s) -- Dialogue drawings (Mid-1980s) -- Covered in writing (Late 1980s) -- 17x11 inch textured paper (Late 1980s) -- Master Nelson Tarpenny (1980s) -- Zines (Since 1981) -- Bible -- Mushroom cloud -- Fire -- Ink marks -- Letters -- Sword from the cloud -- Emasculation -- Erection -- Heart -- Self -- Head above water -- Easter Island -- Vavoom -- Gumby -- Train -- Baseball -- Surfers -- "Dear Reader..." (1990s) -- Shock and Awe (2000s) -- Collages (2000s) -- Iraq War (Since 2003) -- Projections (2010s); title: Editors note  -- Ulrich Loock; title: Resisting reduction :; title: a brief biography -- Lucas Zwirner.