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Global Model Village: The International Street Art of Slinkachu Hardcover – September 13, 2012

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All of life is here in Global Model Village—from the lowest low-rise views of Manhattan to the scorched flagstones of Marrakech, from West London to the West Bank. A tiny mother and child bustle through a dusty township in Cape Town, while a miniature informant whispers in a telephone booth in Beijing. Thumb-size riot police climb the Acropolis in Athens, while an inch-high woman pole-dances around a lamppost in a Hong Kong red-light district.

Global Model Village collects the international works of Slinkachu, the London-based artist who as part of his “Little People Project” has been abandoning tiny model people on the mean streets of the world since 2006. Documented through photography, these little dramas of hope and tragedy, loneliness and humor, somehow get to the heart of what it means to be human, to be alone among millions of other people, all experiencing the melancholy and magic of life in the big city.

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120 pages
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English
Publisher

Blue Rider Press
Publication date

September 13, 2012
Dimensions

8 x 0.5 x 7 inches
ISBN-10

0399160744
ISBN-13

978-0399160745
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~Praise for Slinkachu's GLOBAL MODEL VILLAGE~
“The artist Slinkachu’s Little People are now available on printed pages—miniature hand-painted figurines playing out everyday moments on a very small scale. Brilliant.”—The New York Times

“[These] tiny figurines are more fully us than any possible full-size models … I love Slinkachu’s works. I hope you will too.”—Will Self

“[Slinkachu] is interested in…expressing the solitary, uncertain, anxious side of contemporary life—in a way that lets us share in some collective self-deprecating irony about it.”—The Atlantic

“There is something incredibly powerful about a tiny, carefully placed figure.”—Slate

“British-based Slinkachu is no average street artist. His works are often achingly beautiful, bitingly satirical, and are always very, very small.”—Huffington Post

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Blue Rider Press; first edition (September 13, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 120 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0399160744
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0399160745
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 0.5 x 7 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,264,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #593 in Graffiti & Street Art
- #1,679 in Photography Collections & Exhibitions (Books)
- #10,428 in Individual Artists (Books)

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Entertaining and creative

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 30, 2018

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Fun coffee table book with very imaginative photos. For some reason I expected it to be human models superimposed into giant sized scenes but the models appear to be clay-like creations. Still, fun to look at

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Brookslyn

Good things come in small packages

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 12, 2016

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Great addition to my growing collection of street art books. I'm not sure if Slikachu is the first street artist to do these minature installations out in the wild, but he's the first that I was introduced to in London. Looking forward to getting the other books.

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A great gift book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 31, 2013

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I had received an email that showed a few scenes from the book, which I had forwarded on to friends. So when I saw that there was an actual book, I grabbed it. It made the perfect token gift for college-age young man (who are hard to buy for w/o spending a lot of money), although it would work for any age or gender.

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Global Model Village: The International Street Art of Slinkachu

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 26, 2013

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Really cool little book. Ive been checking out his work for a little while now and am glad i found this little book that display his work so well. Would be cool if it was bigger, but is definitely big enough.

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Suzanna Henke

Globak Model Village

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2012

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Love Slinkachu, he's photos always make me smile and think about whats happening now where they are taken. Item Arrived in perfect confition. Packaging was overly sufficient. Thank you

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nizer

beautiful new work from Slinkachu!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 15, 2012

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If you already know the work from this great artist, I'll love this new book. If you don't, here's a great opportunity. You will love the street art from Slinkachu.

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G. Allen

GLOBAL VILLAGE BY SLINKACHU

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 27, 2012

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THIS IS A GREAT ART BOOK. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING AND CHALLENGING . I LOVED LOOKING AT THE CREATIVITY. IT MAKES YOU SEE STREET CULTURE DIFFERENTLY.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2013

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It's a great coffee table book that is sure to entertain guests as well as a bit of inspiration for silly dioramas in your neighborhood.

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cris

Fast delivery thank you

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 30, 2020

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Great book excellent quality

Tedric

It's a small world

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 19, 2013

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I just love Slinkachu's photos. They are so clever and have inspired me to get out my camera and toys to have a go. I especially like the ones where big people are walking past oblivious to the little people.

Heather Muir

wonderful book, every time I peruse it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 18, 2015

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wonderful book, every time I peruse it, I see something different. Will keep me occupied for a long time. congrats to author

Claudia Florencio

Great acquisition!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 20, 2014

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The best value for money ever.
Delivery on time, properly packed, arrived in great conditions, it seems like new.

The content of the book is great. The work of this photographer is excellent. I love it and advise people that like toy photography and street art to buy it.

Chachou

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 30, 2015

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As expected, brilliant book with a fast delivery. Thank you.

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