| | TITLE | Todd James: Yield to Temptation | IMPRINT | PictureBox | PRICE US | $20.00 CDN $20.00 | ISBN | 9780983719991 TRADE | FORMAT | Hbk, 5 x 7 in., 64 pgs, 16 color, 48 b&w. | CATALOG | FALL 2012 p. 46 | DISTRIBUTOR | D.A.P. | PUB DATE | 8/31/2012 | STATUS | Active | STOCK | In stock |
| EXHIBITION SCHEDULETokyo, Japan
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| | | Todd James: Yield to Temptation New York–based Todd James (born 1969) pioneered a distinct cartoon-based graffiti style in New York in the 1980s, working under the name REAS and gaining the respect of both a street-culture audience and the art and design market. He has since produced work for the Beastie Boys, Eminem and Iggy Pop, among others. This unique artist’s book is the first publication by James in half a decade, and collects 60 of his drawings, all created exclusively for this volume. Bearing close resemblance to his best-known graffiti work, each drawing is complete unto itself yet also represents a potential painting for the future. Yield to Temptation is of a piece with James’ broader concerns: American excess as represented by the forms and fictions of sexuality and the ravages of war. James invites his audience to glamorize these issues, even as he undercuts any assumptions about them. His drawings have the expressive, minimal intensity of a cartoon Franz Kline and evoke the Day-Glo era of 1970s print culture, where Schoolhouse Rock crosses over into Playboy cartoons. Yield to Temptation is being published on the occasion of James’ solo exhibition in Tokyo.
Featured image is reproduced from Todd James: Yield to Temptation. | Cory Reynolds | Date: 9/16/2012 ARTBOOK | D.A.P., PictureBox + The Standard
announce the book launch for Yield to Temptation, graffiti artist Todd James' new book of cartoon-based drawings. Fifteen artist edition candy sculptures will also be on view. Thursday, September 20, 6-8PM.
The Standard Shop, 442 West 13th Street, New York City.
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