- A vivid survey of contemporary art
- Covers more than 60 artists from all over the world
- Gives insight into all important art movements of the 20th century
- Provides website addresses for each artist
Crazy Art will be a revelation to anyone who thinks that art is more or less limited to painting, sculpture and photography. The title features the work of more than sixty contemporary artists drawn from all over the world, demonstrating that there are absolutely no boundaries to expressing the most inventive and exciting ideas through a vast range of different media and materials.
Five chapters pitch well-known artists - such as Carl Warner with his bizarre "foodscapes", or Nathan Swaya, creator of Brick Art, and Larry Moss with his famous balloon sculptures - alongside young practitioners like Pei-Sang Ng, an artist whose stunning matchstick designs burn brightly but all too briefly.
Each artist and subject receives a short introduction, whilst illustrations and detailed descriptions provide insight into their most important, individual and creative works of art. From Food Art to Body Art, Junk Art to Street and even Dust Art, Crazy Art brings their original, radical and provocative ideas to life. Website links guide the reader toward more information on the artists, their work and the galleries or museums that give them patronage.
Contents:
The Child Within
A Question of Perception
Creating a World
Ordinary made Extraordinary
No Limits
Also available:
Crazy Design 9781908126030
Crazy Gifts 9781908126047
Chantal Allès is a journalist. The press, radio, television ... her curiosity has taken her into numerous domains. A reporter before becoming an editor of several television programmes on culture and society, she is particularly interested in trends in contemporary society, with a predilection for the idiosyncratic and the absurd.
