This dynamic monograph captures the frenetic raw energy and gorgeous, intense work of gallery and street artist David Choe. From dropping out of art school to a stint in Japanese prison to representation by the Lazarides Gallery alongside Banksy, Choe's wild ride through the art world is represented by a major selection of images, and narrated throughout by Choe himself. Graffiti, murals, paintings, sketchbook pages, photographs, toys, t-shirts, collages, artwork created with blood, and more fill the kinetic pagesall annotated by the artist in a voice that matches the funny, frantic, daredevil nature of the work itself.
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David Choe's artwork has been exhibited in galleries around the world, including Jonathan Levine in New York and the Lazarides gallery in London. He lives in Los Angeles.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Sad stories, funny stories, stories of success, failure, adventures in train travel, money, cash, hoes... and art, amazing amazing amazing art. This book is a gloriously disturbing trip through the mind and work of a true artist.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I only gave David Choe four stars cuz I want to piss him off and keep him working hard. He's the James Brown of this art biz. This book is equally inspirational and frustrating, simultaneously making me want to go out and build/destroy and at the same time wanting to just quit. He's got so many different styles that are all his own and even his stuff I really don't like I still respect cuz you can see him in it. I'm just mad because I'll never have 10% of his talent and/or resolve. This book is beautiful. Thank you Sir Choe.
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This splashy, classy book is a monograph written by David Choe, the name of the book being DAVID CHOE. It is an artwork in and of itself in that the artist wrote all the content, designed the layout of the book, edited the mixture and then added an Introduction that amounts to bits and pieces pasted from responses to his art from his blog - not a bad idea -, but 99% of these comments are extremely negative, suggesting that Choe is a fool, a racist, a plagiarist, and a artist with no talent! It is a very funny way to open a book that is like no other book you will encounter. This reader finds it fascinating, hilarious, thoughtful, daring, and in all a magnificent read and view that will find its way onto the lap repeatedly.
For background about the artist David Choe, of Korean heritage, we must turn to the internet info: 'David Choe was born 1976 in Los Angeles. Today he is currently homeless wandering the earth. Making good art and bad music. His favorite places are Vietnam, Israel, NYC, and the Bay Area. Even though he dropped out of art school, he still gets asked to speak at universities all the time. He works in all mediums, he can paint anything and everything, as well as on anything and everything. He has won lots of awards and his work can be found in every facet of society, from comics, murals, toys, prints, movies, magazines, books, T shirts, commercials, posters, shoes, fine art, live demos, etc. He says he wants to retire early and illustrate the entire Bible and paint the entire Great Wall of China. But who knows anything with this guy'. It is fairly obvious who the author of this CV is!
What is certain, after reading and spending time with this book, saturated with color, pornography, and examples of everything he has done, is that he is a daring and wholly unique young talent. Some have suggested a comparison with Jean-Michel Basquiat, and there indeed are similarities in portions of Choe's work to justify that, but there are equal doses of Egon Schiele and the major graffiti artists of the day. What makes David Choe so fascinating is his spectrum of talent. He is not one easily labeled - except perhaps that he is a renegade shaking up a society he finds too complacent, too uninvolved. There are pages of watercolors from exhibitions in British galleries that are at once masterfully painted with minimal line and graphically sexual. But then there are pages of toys he has created, complex paintings, murals on the walls of rooms and of streets that can only be called dazzling. This is a book that will keep offering visual and visceral pleasures every time it is placed on the desk or the lap or against knees in the bed. If those who called Gauguin et al 'The Fauves' could compare David Choe's talent, that word would have to transfer to this artist. An added page slipped inside the back cover of this book (so as not to destroy the effect of the drool-stained pillowcase photograph that serves as the art at the beginning and end of this monograph) there is a included a pink box stating 'Ten years in the making, this career-spanning collection of paintings, sketches, murals, graffiti, snapshots, toys, collages, stories, and photographs was created, designed, and written by David himself.' Adjacent to this statement is scratched 'David Choe's kinetic and frenetic work transcends the streets and galleries as he mixes oil paints, watercolors, love, spray paint, life, collage, unrealistic expectations, blood, body parts, and tear jerking into something to have and to hold. he is a hopeless romantic and homeless millionaire.'
Pasted around the page are comments, like 'His personality is probably his biggest flaw in his art.', 'david choe is horrible at everything. he's horrible at just existing.', 'In a phrase, Choe is that artist that every University MFA wannabe wishes they could be: hard-working, bursting with creativity, successful, and even tormented. The downside to all this talent is that Choe is as extremely unlikeable as he is charming. He's the Peter Pan who failed to grow out of his pubescent tantrums, always flailing against authority. Clifford Hilo'. That about sums up the experience of getting to know the prolific art of this inordinately creative young artist. He will be noticed! Grady Harp, September 10
For background about the artist David Choe, of Korean heritage, we must turn to the internet info: 'David Choe was born 1976 in Los Angeles. Today he is currently homeless wandering the earth. Making good art and bad music. His favorite places are Vietnam, Israel, NYC, and the Bay Area. Even though he dropped out of art school, he still gets asked to speak at universities all the time. He works in all mediums, he can paint anything and everything, as well as on anything and everything. He has won lots of awards and his work can be found in every facet of society, from comics, murals, toys, prints, movies, magazines, books, T shirts, commercials, posters, shoes, fine art, live demos, etc. He says he wants to retire early and illustrate the entire Bible and paint the entire Great Wall of China. But who knows anything with this guy'. It is fairly obvious who the author of this CV is!
What is certain, after reading and spending time with this book, saturated with color, pornography, and examples of everything he has done, is that he is a daring and wholly unique young talent. Some have suggested a comparison with Jean-Michel Basquiat, and there indeed are similarities in portions of Choe's work to justify that, but there are equal doses of Egon Schiele and the major graffiti artists of the day. What makes David Choe so fascinating is his spectrum of talent. He is not one easily labeled - except perhaps that he is a renegade shaking up a society he finds too complacent, too uninvolved. There are pages of watercolors from exhibitions in British galleries that are at once masterfully painted with minimal line and graphically sexual. But then there are pages of toys he has created, complex paintings, murals on the walls of rooms and of streets that can only be called dazzling. This is a book that will keep offering visual and visceral pleasures every time it is placed on the desk or the lap or against knees in the bed. If those who called Gauguin et al 'The Fauves' could compare David Choe's talent, that word would have to transfer to this artist. An added page slipped inside the back cover of this book (so as not to destroy the effect of the drool-stained pillowcase photograph that serves as the art at the beginning and end of this monograph) there is a included a pink box stating 'Ten years in the making, this career-spanning collection of paintings, sketches, murals, graffiti, snapshots, toys, collages, stories, and photographs was created, designed, and written by David himself.' Adjacent to this statement is scratched 'David Choe's kinetic and frenetic work transcends the streets and galleries as he mixes oil paints, watercolors, love, spray paint, life, collage, unrealistic expectations, blood, body parts, and tear jerking into something to have and to hold. he is a hopeless romantic and homeless millionaire.'
Pasted around the page are comments, like 'His personality is probably his biggest flaw in his art.', 'david choe is horrible at everything. he's horrible at just existing.', 'In a phrase, Choe is that artist that every University MFA wannabe wishes they could be: hard-working, bursting with creativity, successful, and even tormented. The downside to all this talent is that Choe is as extremely unlikeable as he is charming. He's the Peter Pan who failed to grow out of his pubescent tantrums, always flailing against authority. Clifford Hilo'. That about sums up the experience of getting to know the prolific art of this inordinately creative young artist. He will be noticed! Grady Harp, September 10
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best Art book I have ever purchased!
I would reccomend this book to any artist of any medium. David Choe uses so many mediums from oil paint, spray paint to soy sauce to blood. He was involved with the L.A>. Read more
Published 1 month ago by markus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Buy this. Now.
The fact that you're even looking at this review means you're wasting valuable time that should be spent buying, reading and interpreting this incredible book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by James Horsnell
5.0 out of 5 stars
Choe impactante de nuevo
Este libro es en verdad un documento demasiado bueno, tratándose de Choe no podía tratarse de mas, conmocionante, incluso hasta incomodo y cómico. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Giimo
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fine and involving piece, this will reach any modern arts collection
DAVID CHOE offers a collection of his various arts, which range from graffiti-like embellishments to paintings, cartoons, and startling commentary blending social observation with... Read more
Published on September 18, 2010 by Midwest Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
A MUST FOR ANY DC FAN
I am not going into a fancy, detailed, review. If you love the guy and his work, get it. If you don't, then look away.
Published on August 7, 2010 by Mary K. Rivera
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