Five and Dime [Hardcover]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 096773262X | ISBN-13: 978-0967732626 | Publication Date: March 1, 2000

The "5&10" (Five and Dime) is a limited edition boxed set of 25 unique art booklets featuring the work of:

Cabot, Claramunt, Cohen, Condo, Dagley, Dokoupil, Doughton, Fleishman, Goldsmith, Gordon, Lambert, La Vigne, de Medeiros, Moody, Mosset, Parrino, Pomara, Ruyter, Schmidt, Schwarz, Tollens, Tremblay, Uglow, Warren, Zeman.

The edition size is 200 copies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Abaton Book Company (March 1, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 096773262X
• ISBN-13: 978-0967732626
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,728,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Of varying quality but mostly excellent, June 13, 2000

By 

Kelly Hawkins "plantfood" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Five and Dime (Hardcover)

These booklets are a great concept -- take 25 different artists and have them each create a small booklet of their artwork to widely distribute. I have not seen all of the booklets in this collection, but I have seen a handful of them and own one. The booklets vary in quality of the art, but most are excellent. However, some of the reproduction leaves something to be desired.

I have Robert LaVigne's booklet, Cyberliths, which is excellent. Robert LaVigne is an artist from the Beat Generation, a good friend of Allen Ginsberg and his ilk. His artwork in this booklet is very different from his paintings. In the work he has tackled the idea of the language and of the staggering time required to reduce plutonium to safe levels of radiation. We can barely decipher works from some cultures thousands of years ago. How can we make sure cultures millions of years from now can read our warnings on our nuclear "safes"?

The art looks like black and white ink drawings, though it all was done digitally. They are of objects covered with glyphs that are believable and realistic. The work conveys a feeling of antiquity while also asserting the future.

If the other works are as good as LaVigne's, I strongly encourage you to purchase this set...