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Glenn Barr's Haunted Paradise

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Glenn Barr's atmospheric paintings are well represented in this thick, hardcover book. The reproduction quality is top notch, I can actually discern the brush strokes. If you just like to view paintings for the sake of viewing paintings, this is an excellent representation of his work. I'm glad I bought it.

Glenn Barr visited Melbourne, Australia last year (2007) and i was lucky enough to meet him at Outre galley where he had a showing of his work. It was great to see the original paintings close up. His paintings have a lightness of touch that add to their haunting quality. This is an artist who knows when to put down his brushes.
Among the beautiful reproduced paintings there's plenty of close ups, sketches, doodles to pour over.
This book is a simply a must have if you like this art.

This book is probably one of my favorites. A must for the Barr fans out there. There's nothing I can really say bad about this one, except that alot of the pics are recycled from other Barr books, but that can be a good thing considering the format is larger than those books. BUY THIS BOOK

This is a wonderful art book by my favorite of the "lowbrow" artists-- or, as I like to call them, Exploitation Painters. His technique is at once cartoony (he used to do some of the shock paintings for the first season of Ren & Stimpy) and very painterly. His subject matter is a kind of a mix of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett, Jack Hill blaxploitation flicks and a little of the early David Lynch. Wall to wall screwball surrealism against a backdrop of urban decay!

Just a few pages into this beautiful overview of Barr's work and you'll want to take up residence in this seedy, steamy world he's envisioned. Gorgons, apes, Astroboy, fez-wearing beetles, darkened alleyways in the wrong part of town, ladies of questionable repute - it's all here in this must-have for fans of illustration. Pick up a copy now, but don't say I didn't warn you. You'll be having your mail forwarded tomorrow...

I discovered Glenn Barr at a bookstore. This book did it. Now he is one of my favorite. I love his style--it's very edgy. It's a great book to add to your collection of art books. I flip through it when I need inspiration.

While Barr's perspective on pop culture images is quite compelling, the real magic lies in his palette. You could teach an amazing class on color theory by using this book alone.

A Must-Have, not only for Glenn Barr-fans, but also for people who want to own a book about the best Pop Surrealist painter out there! The art speaks for itself, nice layout, 200 pages of masterpieces wrapped in hardcover...

Some of his stuff I like a lot, but some will take a little more time. It's actually great art if you're into the darker side of the '60's cocktail scene. The book itself is well done; a nice addition to any alcoholic's bar top.