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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherGingko Press, Incorporated
ISBN-101584233079
ISBN-139781584233077
eBay Product ID (ePID)65616475
Product Key Features
Book TitleEmek: the Thinking Man's Poster Artist : Collected Works of Aaarght!
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPrintmaking, General, Popular Culture
Publication Year2010
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Crafts & Hobbies
AuthorNot Available
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight67.1 Oz
Item Length12.2 in
Item Width10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2021-443954
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal741.67
SynopsisPoster artist Emek combines 60's counterculture psychedelic and 90's post-industrial iconography to create vibrant, visually stunning illustrations for rock concert posters and protest art. His unique visual style has graced music posters on a diverse spectrum. Initially, the poster offered a commercially viable alternative to advertising for a young art school graduate but later proved to be an opportunity for artistic freedom rarely allowed in other commercial work., Poster artist Emek combines 60s counterculture psychedelia and 90s postindustrial iconography to create vibrant, visually stunning illustrations for rock concert posters and protest art. The thinking mans poster artist his unique visual style has graced music posters on a diverse spectrum. Emek first hand draws, then silk screens multi- colored posters on paper, as well a experimenting with various mediums such as metal, glass and plastic, (he has even carved posters from stone!) for some of the music worlds brightest stars-- from B.B King to The Beastie Boys, The Flaming Lips to Bright Eyes-- in limited editions of around 300 copies often with complete creative license for their content. Emeks work has received international praise and has been collected by the Rock n Roll hall of fame. Collected together here for the first time is a retrospective of his rock n roll art as well as his editorial illustration and protest posters showing his work in amazing detail.