For over twenty years, Raymond Pettibon's drawings have earned an international following for their fluid style and youthful, iconoclastic outlook. His work is acclaimed for its wit and erudite eccentricities, and reveals an affinity for a diverse group of authors-from Baudelaire to Henry James to Mickey Spillane-whose quotations abound in the drawings. This volume is a catalogue raisonn of his artist books produced between 1978 and 1998, many of which are now extremely rare and highly collected in both the art world and underground music circles. Popularized at first by small independent music labels and publishers, these booklets and zines were originally available only in very small print runs-editions sizes ranged from 30 to 150 copies, where Pettibon's rough yet cultivated style became synonymous with the late 70s and 80s underground aesthetic. Presenting over a hundred of Pettibon's publications-32 printed in their entirety-this new paperback edition is an important look at the development of one of the most significant artists of the last quarter century.
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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The Best Pettibon Book Yet,
By mmmdixon@hotmail.com (Chicago) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Raymond Pettibon: The Books 1978-1998 (Paperback)
A few years ago, Quimby's books in Chicago had a whole bunch of these little digest-sized, xerox-produced, hand stapled booklets by Raymond Pettibon. I never bought any, and always regretted it. Some savvy art-speculator probably snatched up the whole lot. They were selling them for a dollar or two each, and now they go for hundreds on the market. They were personally handmade by the great Pettibon himself, and thus qualified as actual Pettibon original artworks. Anyway, I missed my chance to get any of these--not necessarily to profit from them, just to, y'know, have 'em--but here is your chance(I've already got it) to have a near-complete collection. The books are presented actual size (approx. 8.5"x5.5"), arranged chronologically, each issue complete with front and back covers, and a detailed bibliography at the end. Aging punkers will probably recognize some of this stuff from their SST record covers and gig flyers, but there's alot of stuff I had never seen before. Truly, truly great.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Raymond Pettibon complete works,
By Darby Clymer (Olathe, KS. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Raymond Pettibon: The Books 1978-1998 (Paperback)
This book is Raymond Pettibon complete works from 1978-1978. If you never heard of Raymond Pettibon he was the in-house artist for SST records. He's done art work for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and the Minutemen. His artwork looks at the social and political confusion of life. Pettibon's artwork consist of somewhat viloent imagery but with a twist of humor. Anyone that has a since of humor will love Pettibon's artwork.
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Pettibon OPUS GRANDE,
By A Customer
This review is from: Raymond Pettibon: The Books 1978-1998 (Paperback)
This has all the great early Pettibon images, as seen in hisrenowned 'zines from the early 1980's. It is worth getting, and is all you need when it comes to early Pettibon. Very Powerful stuff.
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