Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #56806 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Losers
This book is the companion to the exhibition Beautiful Losers that is currently touring the US. The exhibition features US artists who have been influenced by and come from a background in the subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, music and independent film. They exist largely outside of mainstream art circles but with the increase of independent galleries their work is in constant demand and has been exhibited worldwide. Artists featured include Barry McGee (aka Twist), Ed Temptleton, Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine, Spike Jonze, Phil Frost, Mike Mills, the late Margaret Kilgallen, Mark Gonzales and many more. The exhibition also serves as a retrospective celebration of artists that emcompass the spirit of these subcultures and their DIY, anti-establishment ethic, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Craig Stecyk, Raymond Pettibon and R.Crumb. The book also features essays by various people all speaking from their personal experiences of these artists and their relationships with the subcultures they inhabit. The book includes hundreds of examples of photographs, paintings, illustrations, installations, video stills and doodles by this group of hugely talented, creative individuals. This book is a must for anyone interested in art and street culture.

Fantastic!
I thought this book was amazing!I didnt know a great deal about skateboarding culture but I was researching my graduate thesis on Larry Clark and found this book both helful and interesting at the same time. It is focus on the tragic youth culture of today but depicts it in a way to show it as beautiful, raw and inspiring!This book contains a collective of great photography, art, installations and a series of thought provoking essays, philosophies and statements!I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest in contemporary art, subculture or photography or anyone just interested in learning something new!Definatley check this one out, one of the best books Ive checked out in a long time!