Art of the Dead
By: [edited by Phil Cushway]
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781593765026
Subjects: Rock concerts; Rock music; Posters; Graphic artists; American Posters; Grateful Dead (Musical group); Pictorial works
Description: "The Art of the Dead showcases the poster art that emerged from the streets of San Francisco in 1964 and 1966. It traces the cultural, political, and historical influences of posters as art back to Japanese wood blocks through Bell Époque, on to the Beatniks, the Free Speech Movement, and the Acid Tests. Featuring interviews and profiles of the key artists, including Rick Griffin, Stanley "Mouse" Miller, Alton Kelley, Wes Wilson, and Victor Moscoso. The book uses Grateful Dead as the vehicle to tell the story of poster art. The book follows a chronological evolution of the art from the band's origination in 1965 through Jerry Garcia's death in 1995. The book is in four-color throughout, featuring iconic and rare images as well as extensive "process" material, including sketches, original art, blue lines, film, and printing plates. It also includes essays by Greil Marcus, Peter Coyote, and Victoria Binder, as well as essays on the elements of the printing process from the original art to the final poster. "--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Art or artifact?; title: Grateful Dead's undying poster legacy / Steven Heller; title: It's all in the line / Peter Coyote; title: Art at the edge of magic / Mickey Hart; title: Japan/Paris/San Francisco; title: The explosion; title: The big five; title: Evolution of an art. Wes Wilson ; Stanley Mouse & Alton Kelley ; Victor Moscoso ; Rick Griffin ; The Human Be In ; A snapshot in time / Greil Marcus ; The joint show ; Mari Tepper ; Lee Conklin ; Aoxomoxoa ; David Singer ; Bonnie MacLean ; Randy Tuten ; Gunther Kieser ; Gary Grimshaw ; Peter Max ; Robert Rauschenberg ; Mark Arminski; title: In closing.