Mark Gonzales--or "the Gonz," as he is known to fans--is one of the most famous and respected professional skateboarders in the world, creater of numerous freestyle moves still practiced in competition today. Gonzales is also an author, poet and artist. Inspired by the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Norman Rockwell and the television show Sanford & Son, he began his artistic pursuits in the early 1980s, decorating the bottoms of skateboards. Gonzales's latest book, High Tech Poetry, brings together his art and poetry in a uniquely formatted book, with black-and-white drawings covering pages that open along perforations to reveal poetry and sketches. Irreverent poems address everything from capitalism to the plight of man, while cartoonish sketches set the visual tone for the volume. High Tech Poetry accompanies Gonzales's first public reading of his work at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
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Mark Gonzales was born in southern California in 1968. A professional skateboarder, his previous publications are Social Problems and Broken Poems: Stories, Poetry, and Drawings.
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Great book. art words.,
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This review is from: Mark Gonzales: High Tech Poetry (Paperback)
Great book- wish the images within werent so pixelated, some of the poems you can hardly read. I actually purchased this book at Rolf Contemporary, but I love it. The previous book called Broken Poems has more content, but for the price- this is a must for the Gonz collector.
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GONZ!,
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It's the GONZ!! The man is a living legend for goodness sakes. Everything that he does is awesome. I really don't need to say more.
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Such a rob,
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This book is nothing but a rob, I thought may be this was done by his kid. This is the kind of art that brings the debate "Does modern art allow everything?"
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