Drop dead gorgeous
By: Chantal Zakari
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Eighteen Publications
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Watertown, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780918290151
Subjects: Diseases in art; COVID-19 (Disease); Popular works; Artists' books; Specimens; Artistic Photography; Conceptual art; Scientific illustration
Description: "Drop Dead Gorgeous is a visual book comprised of scientific and editorial illustrations of the Covid-19 virus sourced online during April, May and June, 2020. In the style of colorist painting, the book sequence reveals the tension between the seductive aesthetics of the picture and its deadly pandemic effect. While scientific images transform into editorial illustrations, the book gains momentum building a narrative toward a sci-fi ending. As Covid-19 affects every nation, some images in the book are paired with the headlines published in a variety of languages. Like photographs made of the Kennedy assassination, the Challenger disaster, and the terror of 9/11, the iconic imagery of Covid-19 collected in Drop Dead Gorgeous is informed by a world wide visual lexicon specific to this moment. "
Notes: Gift; Jane Rodgers Siegel; 2020.