Some Collages: Jim Jarmusch - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1944860428 ISBN 13: 9781944860424

Publisher: Anthology Editions, 2021

Synopsis

Although Jim Jarmusch is best known for his storied career in independent cinema, over the years he has produced hundreds of pieces of collage art, the majority of which has been rarely seen by the public. Drawing inspiration from the largest medium of cultural documentation―newspapers―Jarmusch delicately crafts each work by layering newsprints on cardstock. These small-scale (notecard-size) pieces are often characterized by their tongue-in-cheek nature: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s faces are affixed to nameless suits, two Andy Warhols are posed in a X-Files-esque tunnel, various musicians perform with ever-so-timely surgical masks. Collected here for the first time, [Untitled] showcases Jarmusch’s profanely assembled vision.

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About the Author

Jim Jarmusch is a film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor, musician, composer, and artist. A prominent figure in independent cinema, his notable films include Stranger than Paradise (1984), Dead Man (1999), and Broken Flowers (2005). Jarmusch is the recipient of the Josef von Sternberg Award, Filmmaker on the Edge Award, as well as both the Camera d’Or and the Grand Prix from the Cannes Film Festival. This is his first book of collage artwork.

From the Back Cover

Although Jim Jarmusch is best known for his storied career in independent cinema, over the years he has produced hundreds of pieces of collage art, the majority of which has been rarely seen by the public. Drawing inspiration from the largest medium of cultural documentation?newspapers?Jarmusch delicately crafts each work by layering newsprints on cardstock. Doppelgänger Andy Warhols are posed in a vast tunnel not unlike the depths of the Large Hadron Collider, Patty Hearst’s mugshots drift across Edwardian portraits, and a man’s identity is disguised with a coyote’s head: maybe he was a celebrity, politician, perp, or all three. In Some Collages, these small-scale (notecard-size) pieces are a reminder of how even the most mundane stock photography can be hijacked to create work that is scary-funny.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthology Editions
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1944860428
• ISBN 13: 9781944860424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268