FLY BY NIGHT: THE NEW ART OF THE CLUB FLYER

Covered with inventive, unfurling doodles, hand-drawn lettering, and images of sexy figures and party animals, the flyers reproduced here were created from drawings, tracings, photocopies, photographs, cutouts, and collages (in contrast to the computer-generated flyers of 10 years ago). They offer an intriguing alternative history of London’s ever-changing club circuit, advertising a variety of venues, ranging from Heaven to Bistrotheque.

Covered with inventive, unfurling doodles, hand-drawn lettering, and image of sexy figures and party animals, the flyers reproduced here are created from drawings, tracing, photocopies, photographs, cutouts, and collages. They look back to the flyers inspired by the cut-and-paste era of the late 1980s but are given inspirational new form in the current scene.

By turns provocative, subversive, shocking, decorative, and witty, these flyers offer an intriguing alternative history of London's ever-changing club circuit. The book features work by Wolfgang Tillmans, Sophie Thunder, and Ray Cesar advertising a variety of venues, ranging from Heaven to Bistrotheque.

Craig McCarthy studied art at Camberwell College of Arts and the Royal College of Art and is a practicing artist. He has also contributed to Dazed & Confused, Grafik, and Vorn magazines.

185 color, 45 b&w illustrations

Craig McCarthy studied art at Camberwell College of Arts and the Royal College of Art and is a practicing artist. He has also contributed to Dazed & Confused, Grafik, and Vorn magazines. He lives in London.