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Kenny Scharf: In Absence of Myth
G. James Daichendt
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Description for Kenny Scharf: In Absence of Myth
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Color photos throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Kenny Scharf's life story is the equivalent of riding a roller coaster. Raised in Southern California, this king of cool eventually packed his bags for New York City, where he became an integral part of an underground East Village art scene that changed the world. His graffiti-inspired paintings, wild performances, and sculptures earned him an international reputation for making art accessible. This meteoric rise involved parties, drugs, sex, and of course rock 'n' roll. Yet there were many unexpected twists and turns, from marriage and family to tragedy and depression. With the advent of AIDS and shifting trends in the ... Read more
Kenny Scharf's life story is the equivalent of riding a roller coaster. Raised in Southern California, this king of cool eventually packed his bags for New York City, where he became an integral part of an underground East Village art scene that changed the world. His graffiti-inspired paintings, wild performances, and sculptures earned him an international reputation for making art accessible. This meteoric rise involved parties, drugs, sex, and of course rock 'n' roll. Yet there were many unexpected twists and turns, from marriage and family to tragedy and depression. With the advent of AIDS and shifting trends in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cameron & Company Inc
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9781937359911
SKU
V9781937359911
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About G. James Daichendt
G. James Daichendt is Dean of the Arts and Humanities and Professor of Art History at Point Loma Nazarene University in southern California. A graduate of Columbia, Harvard and Boston universities, Dr. Daichendt is the Chief Editor of the academic journal: Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art and is an art critic for KCET, the nation's largest independent public television ... Read more
Reviews for Kenny Scharf: In Absence of Myth
. . . The tone for Kenny Scharf has Daichendt leave out stoic critique seen in his previous bios. He leaves that to Scharf, who is fully willing to self-critique the paths he wandered on. That makes this more than a biography of an artist. It offers some backstory of an art movement old enough to have a real ... Read more