Rome-antic Delusions - Softcover

Fish, Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 888849331X ISBN 13: 9788888493312

Publisher: Drago Arts & Communication, 2013

Synopsis

Drago invited Jeremy Fish to come to Rome and create site specific works. The results are in the book Rome-antic Delusions. The title is a play on words and the contents contain a roman remix of Jeremy's images. The Italian touch has been added to his usual cast of characters, his rich iconography has had a glass of prosecco and a plate of pasta and the artists has got a bit of the Rome-antic touch.

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About the Author

The now San Franciscan based artist, Jeremy Fish, was born in Albany, New York, in 1974. A focus in screen-printing during Jeremy's education and work experience has led to a career as a fine artist, and a commercial illustrator. He received his BFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1997. Fish has found a balance between exhibiting his work both across the US, and internationally in galleries and museums, while continuing to maintain a presence designing skateboards, t-shirts, vinyl toys, album covers, periodical illustrations, murals, and sneakers. This artwork is mainly about storytelling and communication, told through a library of characters and symbols.

Fish has collaborated with Aesop Rock since the latter's move to San Francisco in 2005. In the fall of 2006, the pair created a book entitled The Next Best Thing, which also included a 7-inch picture disk. Fish later created the artwork for Aesop Rock's fifth studio album None Shall Pass, released by Definitive Jux. In 2009, they again teamed up to release Ghosts of the Barbary Coast on Definitive Jux. In 2008, DRAGO staged RomeAntic Delusions, an exhibition of Fish's paintings, drawings and screen prints, which make up the book of the same name.. The exhibition was held in Rome, and much of the art was created there as well. His 2011 "Silly Pink Bunnies" sculpture and mural at Haight Street and Laguna Street in San Francisco was removed in 2013 due to construction. A Kickstarter crowd funding campaign was started and raised over $50,000 to erect a permanent bronze bunny at the same location in the future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Drago Arts & Communication
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 888849331X
• ISBN 13: 9788888493312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96