The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall - Softcover

Gerald Scarfe

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9780753828878: The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall

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ISBN 10: 0753828871 ISBN 13: 9780753828878

Publisher: Phoenix, 2011

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One of the bestselling albums of all time became a celebrated stage show and finally a film starring Bob Geldof. The album imagery, stage performances and film were created in close collaboration with Gerald Scarfe and this book reveals the fractious hothouse that working with Roger Waters and Pink Floyd entailed.

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About the Author:

After a brief period at the Royal College of Art in London, Gerald Scarfe established himself as a satirical cartoonist, working for Punch and Private Eye during the early 60s. He has had many exhibitions worldwide, including New York, Osaka, Montreal, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Chicago and London, and 50 one-man shows. He has designed the sets and costumes for plays, operas and musicals in London, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and New Zealand; written, directed and appeared in many live action and documentary films for BBC and Channel 4; and published many books of his work. Scarfe has been political cartoonist for the London Sunday Times for over 40 years, and has worked for The New Yorker for 17 years. His work regularly appears in many periodicals. Gerald Scarfe received a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2008. He has had a long association with Pink Floyd - as the designer and director of animation for the Floyd live show Wish You Were Here in 1974, for The Wall between 1970-73 and for Roger Waters' The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking in 1984.

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This visual feast of a book chronicles one of the most productive collaborations between an artist and a band to date... -- Arthur House * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *

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