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Pictoplasma Publishing, Berlin
April 2010
Lars Denicke, Peter Thaler
240
18,4 x 22,3 cm / 7.24 x 8.78 in
full colour
hardcover
978-3-981-04586-4
39,90 EURO*
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Pen to Paper presents a fine selection of the most adventurous images from a global scene of artists, working mainly with a pen or analogue techniques such as water color, ink or collage.
This recent revival has injected immeasurable visual wealth into the world of illustration, fine art and especially character design. Artists reject the computer and channel their creativity through spontaneous freehand drawing to create untamed, edgy and exceptional beings.
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Pen to Paper showcases the key players of what is being labelled ‘DIY art’, ‘fractured figuration’ or ‘new psychedelic folk’, including Mehdi Hercberg alias Shoboshobo, Allyson Mellberg Taylor, Andrew James Jones, John Casey, Luke Ramsey, Eric Shaw, Allison Schulnik, Thomas Bernard, Lane Hagood, Stéphane Prigent alias Kerozen and many more.
The featured artists eruptive and dirty drawing techniques seem to be the perfect antidote to the sterile flood of digital images. Co-opting familiar cartoon faces, consumer mascots and pop icon characters they weave them into a highly-personal and emotional diaristic language.
“These Pen to Paper artists are going about the thing in the right way. They are making work that comes from highly personal, idiosyncratic places deep within themselves, and not merely attempting to affect the style or appearance of being strange and bizarre. Rather than try to artistically look like outsiders, they are trying to artistically act like outsiders.”
Michael Bonesteel
“What is evident in the work is an edgy spagettification of the figure. The figures on show here are diss-Disneyfied with all the cuteness squeezed out, like dolls whose faces and bodies have been defaced with biro.”
Alex Michon
“Pen to Paper features an eclectic mix of styles underpinned with a quirky (and sometimes downright absurd) sense of humour. …there is such a breadth of style here that you cannot help to be entertained.
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The physical quality of the book is nothing short of outstanding - again, a trait of all Pictoplasma products.”
dunkbd
“Pen to Paper celebrates the fact that many illustrators working today still favour the humble pen (and pencil) – rather than the mouse.”
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