{"product_id":"jim-shaw-paperback-covers-9783037645659-new","title":"Jim Shaw: Paperback Covers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDream-inspired book covers for imaginary pulp novels by Americana connoisseur-bricoleur Jim Shaw \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s, American artist Jim Shaw (born 1952) has used his multimedia artistic practice as a means of exploring and exploiting pop-culture iconography. This publication focuses on one of the key series in Shaw's corpus, in which he draws inspiration from the Anglo-American graphic design and illustrative tradition of cheap paperback books. Inspired by the artist's intense dreaming life, the \u003ci\u003ePaperback Covers\u003c\/i\u003e series (1996-2013) recreates the lurid imagery associated with pulp novels, with vertical canvases that depict fantastical and irreverent imagery: in one, a werewolf in suspenders is struck by an oncoming 18-wheeler; in another, a line of chorus girls dance in front of a vampire and a woman in red as the couple is in engulfed by flames. Though these \"books\" bear no text, Shaw's paintings evoke exciting narratives within a single image. All the inventoried \u003ci\u003ePaperback Covers\u003c\/i\u003e are collected in this softcover volume along with a text by Charlie Fox.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JRP ED","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51545029443874,"sku":"9783037645659-new","price":31.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9783037645659.jpg?v=1776416065","url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/products\/jim-shaw-paperback-covers-9783037645659-new","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}