| | TITLE | Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other Jessoterica | IMPRINT | Siglio | PRICE US | $47.50 CDN $47.50 | ISBN | 9781938221002 TRADE | FORMAT | Pbk, 8.25 x 10 in., 192 pgs, 92 color, 58 b&w. | CATALOG | FALL 2012 p. 55 | DISTRIBUTOR | D.A.P. | PUB DATE | 10/31/2012 | STATUS | Active | STOCK | In stock |
| | RELATED MONOGRAPHS Foreword by Judith Olch Richards. Prologue by John Ashbery. Text by Ingrid Shaffner, Thomas Evans, Lisa Jarnot, Brandon Stosuy.
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| | | Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other JessotericaEdited by Michael Duncan. The San Francisco artist Jess (1923–2004) has for decades been known to cognoscenti as an inventive and sophisticated master of the collage aesthetic. Recently however, his works are receiving fresh attention from a younger generation attuned to Jess’ interests in myth, narrative and appropriation. Jess used images taken from sources ranging from Dick Tracy to Dürer, from a Beatles bubblegum card to medical textbook drawings, from 1887 Scientific American line engravings to frames from George Herriman’s Krazy Kat. In reexamining myth through a synthesis of art and literature, Jess’ work remains a crucial assemblage of the meanings of our time. This volume brings to light collages, collage books, word poems and altered comics that have been largely inaccessible or unavailable since their making. Originally published in small editions and hard-to-find journals, or made as one-off artist’s books, these works demonstrate the full range of Jess’s extraordinary verbal and visual play. Several of Jess’s surreal comic-strip manipulations, Tricky Cad (1954–1959), are reproduced for the first time in their entirety, as are others such as Ben Big Bolt and Nance that have never before been published. The book also includes a group of complex wraparound book covers, several unpublished collage poems, and two artist’s books never before reproduced in full: From Force of Habit, a “fantastic tale” which plays with the pages of a Swedish cult sci-fi novel, and When a Young Lad Dreams of Manhood, a homoerotic paean (and naughty parody) of the priapic urge. A facsimile reproduction of the 20-page collage masterpiece O! is included as a separate booklet, and the book sports a dustjacket that folds out into a poster-size collage.
Featured image, "O!" (1960), is reproduced from Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other Jessoterica. | Cory Reynolds | Date: 10/15/2012 In the August 14 issue of imprint magazine, design god Steven Heller writes, "Ever since I dreamed I received a pristine copy of Une Semaine de Bonte from its maker, Max Ernst, I have had a real soft spot in my life for collages of found printed matter. I particularly like when they are reproduced on uncoated stock to retain the grittiness of the original source material. That's why I was immediately drawn to Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other Jessoterica (Siglio Press), a collection of collage narratives that are as witty as they are tactile...
[The book], edited by Michael Duncan, includes collages, collage books, word poems, and altered comic strips that have been largely inaccessible or unavailable since their making. Originally published in small editions and obscure journals, these works demonstrate the full range of Jess’s extraordinary verbal and visual play." Featured image, "O!" (1960), is reproduced from Jess: O! Tricky Cad and Other Jessoterica continue to blog
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