ISBN: 9780295980928 - James Martin: Art Rustler at the Rivoli (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Presenting an account of the strange turns of this under-recognized artist's career, this book also looks at our standards for evaluating art. It states that his swashbuckling approach to imagery, use of costumed self-portraiture and outrageous marriages of art-historical images with pop culture icons, was way ahead of its time.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. Presenting an account of the strange turns of this under-recognized artist's career, this book also looks at our standards for evaluating art. It states that his swashbuckling approach to imagery, use of costumed self-portraiture and outrageous marriages of art-historical images with pop culture icons, was way ahead of its time.…

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket . 9.33 X 0.68 X 9.85 inches. 120 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Like New. James Martin started his career the same way a lot of aspiring painters do -- by imitating other artists. During the 1950s and 60s, he nabbed imagery and mannerisms from Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, van Gogh, Picasso, Chagall, and Calder. But the real source of Martin's mature style isn't buried in the mysticism of the Northwest School or the avant garde trends of European Modernism: it traces back to his days at Ballard High School during the 1940s. He and a buddy used to cut class and head downtown to the Rivoli Theater on Seattle's First Avenue to watch the burlesque. The surrealism of those shows percolated into Martin's psyche and his paintings -- once he started to trust his own view of things -- began to sprout the ambiguities of burlesque and the black humor of slapstick. Now when Martin paints a Northwest scene, it's likely to be peopled with freaks and floozies. He stays up nights listening to the radical opinions on Art Bell's radio talk show and he considers the Jerry Springer show a new form of vaudeville. Martin transforms the daily input of the media into the wild stream-of-consciousness of his paintings -- for him both a compulsive kind of storytelling and a way of escape. Like his heroes in the Northwest School, Martin still considers art-making a sacred endeavor -- but he figures there's no reason you can't get a good laugh out of it, too. In unearthing the story of this under-recognized painter, art critic Sheila Farr presents a fast-paced account of the strange turns of Martin's career, as well as a fresh look at our standards for evaluating art. Martin's swashbuckling approach to imagery, she discovers, was way ahead of its time. Using costumed self-portraitureand outrageous marriages of art-historical images with pop culture icons, Martin was Post Modern before the term was invented.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Excellent condition. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket. Book cover is in very good condition with one visible marking on front cover. Pages appear free of any markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Art exhibition book.

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, 2001. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Pristine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. University of Washington Press, 2001. Hardcover in Fine condition throughout. Dust Jacket in near fine condition. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Neatly signed on title page, with signature only of the artist. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 120pp, b/w and colour illustrated. Colour pictorial d/j with title in pink to spine. Some shelfwear, piece of d/j missing at bottom of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 9.25" x 9.75". 120 pp. Book that accompanied the exhibition. Numerous works by the artist, many full-page. Signed by Martin on the title page. Red cloth with gold spine and front board lettering. Bright clean copy. DJ has some light shelf wear. Signed by Author(s).…

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