Fred Tomaselli: The Times - Hardcover

Weschler, Lawrence; Tomaselli, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3791349147 ISBN 13: 9783791349145

Publisher: Prestel, 2014

Synopsis

In this brilliant time capsule of recent world events, celebrated artist Fred Tomaselli intrepidly and colorfully reimagines the front pages of the New York Times. Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, the international financial crisis, the Berlusconi scandal, an earthquake in Haiti, the tsunami in Japan, revolution at home and abroad―the headlines of the past decade have been a true roller-coaster ride. Self-proclaimed news junkie Fred Tomaselli has been responding to these earth-shattering events through a fascinating series of artworks collected here for the first time. Tomaselli superimposes his signature psychedelic aesthetic on the front page of the New York Times, setting up a striking contrast between the paper’s sober depictions of reality and his vivid interventions. Readers will delight in comparing the actual headlines, captions, and articles that surround the images with Tomaselli’s trippy, highly detailed interpretations. Filled with gorgeous reproductions of works that range from tongue in-cheek satire to unmitigated outrage, this timely volume is certain to appeal to art lovers as well as street-smart consumers of today’s headline news.

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence Weschler director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. He has been a staff writer at the New Yorker and is a contributing editor to McSweeney's and the Threepenny Review. He is the author of numerous books, including Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award. Fred Tomaselli based in Brooklyn, New York. His work resides in many international collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and the Sintra Museum of Modern Art, Portugal.

Review:

"The imagery is pure Tomaselli, rich in color and graphic impact, continually imaginative and visually compelling."

—THE Magazine

"Ever since artist Fred Tomaselli began his mesmerizing series of New York Times front page 'hacks', people have been eager for them to be compiled in book form. Well, here they are!"

—Hyperallergic

About this edition

• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 3791349147
• ISBN 13: 9783791349145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160