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The graphic art of the underground : a countercultural history

Title
The graphic art of the underground : a countercultural history / Ian Lowey and Suzy Prince.
Author
Lowey, Ian
Publication
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2014]

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Additional Authors
Prince, Suzy
Description
272 pages : color illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
"The Graphic Art of the Underground: A Countercultural History showcases the visual art and design that has emanated from a series of iconoclastic, underground youth movements within Western pop culture since the 1950s, and which have challenged the perceived social and cultural complacency of the establishment.As such, it takes the reader on a colourful and provocative journey through the art of Californian custom car decoration (Kustom Kulture), psychedelia, underground comix and countercultural magazines, punk graphics, Lowbrow and Pop Surrealist art, designer vinyl toys and indie crafting. In doing so, it draws upon the work of an array of artistic figures - many of whose lives have proved as colourful as their work - such as Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth, Kenny 'Von Dutch' Howard (who gave his name posthumously to an internationally successful clothing brand), Robert Williams, Robert Crumb, Frank Kozik, Jamie Reid, Gee Vaucher, James Cauty, Barney Bubbles and Banksy, among numerous others"--
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-267) and index.
Contents
Remembrance of finks past : kustom kulture and automotive art -- Out come the freaks : the emergence of the psychedelic underground -- Punk graphics : the subversion of style chapter -- LA lure : the weird and wonderful world of lowbrow art and pop surrealism -- Something old, something new : designer toys and indie crafting.
Call Number
JQG 14-544
ISBN
  • 9780857858184 (hardback)
  • 0857858181 (hardback)
  • 9781472573551 (ePDF) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2013048261
OCLC
865574877
Author
Lowey, Ian, author.
Title
The graphic art of the underground : a countercultural history / Ian Lowey and Suzy Prince.
Publisher
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, [2014]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-267) and index.
Chronological Term
1900 - 2099
Added Author
Prince, Suzy, author.
Research Call Number
JQG 14-544
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