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David Lynch: The Air is on Fire (Art)

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This book is beautiful, a large coffee table size book of color reproductions of Lynch's work. It includes an audio interview on two CDs. I just got the book today, so I have only skimmed it so far. It's similar to "Images" which has been out of print for years, and goes at auction for $100 to $300 when you can find it. I can't believe the low price on this wonderful book.

I always buy these great art books and never actually read them because they are so damn heavy and imposing. This one, though it is big and heavy (as art books should be) comes with two cds that have a recording of David Lynch being interviewed about almost every piece in the book. It's great to put the cd in and follow along in the book. The interview is interesting and intimate and I found the book and whole experience to be a deep well of creative inspiration I can keep on my bookshelf until I'm stuck again. Highly recommended.

This is the book which got me into Lynch's art, and subsequently aided in opening the door to my own attempts at painting. It is also the most comprehensive collection of his prolific output, ranging from bizarre, colorful ink abstractions on loose paper to production design sketches for the baby in "Eraserhead." Along the way, you also get film stills from the avant-garde director's movies; an amazing interview (text as well as spread out over two accompanying audio CD's)with Lynch; a collection of his photography (ranging from industrial landscapes to nudes) and Photoshop distortion of nudes taken by Uwe Shield; and finally, numerous oil-on-canvas paintings. The paintings are the real highlight of the book, their dark backgrounds highlighting the nightmarish experiences of Lynch's bizarre stick-man characters. Very enjoyable though thoroughly creepy and unsettling, Lynch's art is like no other. By far the best available retrospective of his art, this book is highly recommended, as is the now out-of-print "Images."

The Air Is on Fire - This is a great collection of David Lynch's sketches, paintings, and photography. The collection spans his career with early works up until the present day Inland Empire. If any of you missed out on picking up a copy of "Images" before it went out of print like me, and didn't want to spend hundreds of dollars trying to pick up a copy, The Air Is on Fire is highly recommended! The prints of the art work are high quality and it even comes with a double disc CD of an interview with David Lynch discussing the many different sketches, paintings, and photos. So buy it, before this goes out of print and your screwed...again.

Unfortinately unable to go to Paris for his exhibition the catalogue on David Lynch'work is great in its different approaches to his art. I also find it excellent to not include any DVD's only spoken interview. Back to the roots of David as a painter. I bought it together with David Lynch Catching the big Fish, meditation, Consciousness and creativity. Very good mix!!! In that there are only texts with insights to his creative mind an process.

Listening to David Lynch's audio conversation coming with the book "The Air is on Fire", thinking how wonderful it is to have this detailed, intimate contact with the artist describing his drawings. I wish this would exist from all artists, so i could get into their heads and see with their eyes.

Still listening, i kept thinking that on these 2 cds Lynch is not telling us so much about his art, keeping the most interesting parts to himself, talking about the size of the pieces, the material used and so on - like if i would care.

Since most of his work is profoundly disturbing, what i wished to hear on the audio was the "Why" of each piece instead of the "How"... but i guess one cant give so generously and reflect about the personal stories and all the inner work going on at the time of creation of each piece in this book. Still a nice time in company of Lynch.

This book is an amazing collection of the art of David Lynch.
It is a MUST for any Lynch fan. Each page contains truly moving images.
With the discs Lynch walks you through the majority of the works.
Fantastic.

excellent book, this book is very unique and very exciting. David Lynch is a bit of a unique soul and has a unique way of looking at everything. He sees in abstract. The book is well written

Easily a 5 star book....if 29 pages weren't missing. Yup, my copy jumps from page 196 to 225...with nothing inbetween. According to the transcript in the front of the book there should be stills from Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and a bunch of other stuff here. Honestly, the collection is so great it's STILL worth the price. I just didn't get what I paid for.

Item came quickly, well wrapped and in perfect condition. What more could I want? Thanks!