Geek-Art: An Anthology: Art, Design, Illustration & Pop Culture - Softcover

Olivri, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452140480 ISBN 13: 9781452140483

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2014

Synopsis

Every age has its artistic inspiration. Medieval artists exalted spiritual subjects. Modernists shifted their attention to humanity and the senses. For a generation of artists and fans today, our heroic subjects are Mario, Pikachu, Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Frodo and a legion of other iconic figures from the "geek" culture realms of movies, cartoons, video games and comics. For the first time, Geek-Art collects the work of nearly 100 international illustrators, graphic designers, photographers and artists whose inspired interpretations of these beloved characters celebrate them with creative brilliance and a true fan's passion. Featuring more than 750 images, this lavish illustrated anthology showcases the inspired energy that drives pop culture and makes geeky fans of us all.

About this title

Review:

"It's a collection no superfan should be without!"
-mental_floss magazine

"This volume, curated by Thomas Olivri, is wide-ranging in its geekery. Art inspired by videogames, comic books, movies, '80s cartoons, propaganda posters. You'll see pixel art, photorealistic paintings, minimalist posters, detailed costumes...Olivri's book puts a huge collection in one place, with a brief bio of each artist and URLs for finding more. Geek-Art weighs in at over 400 pages."
-GeekDad

From the Author:

Thomas Olivri grew up loving geek art and culture and never outgrew them. He is the creator of Geek-Art.net, a popular online pop culture community that features art created from these worlds, and hosts gallery shows of the work in Paris, where he lives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1452140480
• ISBN 13: 9781452140483
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416