By: Chris Johanson Publisher: Deitch Projects Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Deitch Projects Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 60 Publication Date: June 15, 2004 Release Date: June 15, 2004
Product Description: Known for his expressive, skater-punk, urban landscape drawings that combine image and text in an irreverent, angst-ridden, deliberately pathetic sort of way, Chris Johanson takes over where Raymond Pettibon leaves off. Less angry and witty than his predecessor, Johanson scribbles colorful, dead-on portraits of street culture and the yuppies, hippies, hipsters, losers, and drunkards who inhabit it.
Disappointing First Monograph on Johanson The publishers of this small book/exhibition catalogue on the fine work of Chris Johanson should be ashamed of themselves. The incredibly poor quality of the majority of the images is unforgivable in an art book. A good many of the reproductions are so bad as to almost be unreadable, which is a crime since much of Johanson's work contains text. This is the fault of the publisher, not Johanson; whomever did the photographic reproductions should lose their job for doing such a crummy job and delivering such a sad publication on a very good, young contemporary artist. Aaron Rose's short essay is nice, but also not enough to save this book. I would honestly suggest buying other books featuring Johanson's work (like Beautiful Losers) before spending money on this one.
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