The poet and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his wife, the artist Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky, make bright and fantastical works together under the moniker pascALEjandro.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Avant garde director Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929) is best known for his films Dune and The Holy Mountain He is also screenwriter, playwright, actor, author, poet, producer, composer, musician, comics writer, and spiritual guru. His partner is costume and set-designer and photographer Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky (born 1972).
ABOUT THE BOOK: The couple’s vibrant comic illustrations peopled by angels, clowns, mystical lovers and dream beings. Jodorowsky provides the line work and Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky the colors. Will appeal to the RABID fans of Jodorowsky film and comic works
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Klaus Biesenbach (Museum of Modern Art, New York)and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries, London), Azzedine Alaia (French Fashion Designer).
Edited with text by Donatien Grau. Foreword by Azzedine Alaïa. Preface by Edgar Morin, Adonis. Text by Diego Moldes, Philippe Rouyer, Maria-Inés Rodriguez, Olivier Zahm, Diana Widmaier Picasso. Interviews by Klaus Biesenbach, Hans Urich Obrist.
PascALEjandro is the first monograph devoted to the work of the eponymous artist’s collective composed of the director, poet, writer, comic-book writer and playwright Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929) and painter, costume and set-designer and photographer Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky (born 1972).
The work primarily catalogues the couple’s illustration work, in which Alejandro Jodorowsky provides the lines and Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky the color. The vibrant universe they create brims with ancestral myths, contemporary tales and metaphysical reflections on life; it is peopled by angels, clowns, mystical lovers and dream beings.
In addition to cataloguing their illustrations, the volume includes movie stills from the pair’s film work (they provided the color for Jodorowsky’s recent The Dance of Reality and Endless Poetry), as well as various essays and interviews with the artists by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
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FORMAT: Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 128 pgs / 80 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $30.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $40 GBP £26.00 ISBN: 9782330075408 PUBLISHER: Actes Sud/Azzedine Alaïa AVAILABLE: 8/22/2017 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: WORLD excl UK FR BE CH
Published by Actes Sud/Azzedine Alaïa. Edited with text by Donatien Grau. Foreword by Azzedine Alaïa. Preface by Edgar Morin, Adonis. Text by Diego Moldes, Philippe Rouyer, Maria-Inés Rodriguez, Olivier Zahm, Diana Widmaier Picasso. Interviews by Klaus Biesenbach, Hans Urich Obrist.
PascALEjandro is the first monograph devoted to the work of the eponymous artist’s collective composed of the director, poet, writer, comic-book writer and playwright Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929) and painter, costume and set-designer and photographer Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky (born 1972).
The work primarily catalogues the couple’s illustration work, in which Alejandro Jodorowsky provides the lines and Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky the color. The vibrant universe they create brims with ancestral myths, contemporary tales and metaphysical reflections on life; it is peopled by angels, clowns, mystical lovers and dream beings.
In addition to cataloguing their illustrations, the volume includes movie stills from the pair’s film work (they provided the color for Jodorowsky’s recent The Dance of Reality and Endless Poetry), as well as various essays and interviews with the artists by Klaus Biesenbach and Hans Ulrich Obrist.
