Failure Biographies (Paperback)

Johnny Damm

ISBN 10: 1946031925 / ISBN 13: 9781946031921

Published by Operating System, 2021

About this Item

Paperback. Damm's distinctive style of collage transforms 1950s horror comics into true stories of artistic failure. One artist's quixotic quest to clone Martin Luther King, Jr. A pioneering silent film director pushed from the industry by her controlling husband. A writer who tries to write popular fiction but ends up in the avant-garde. Featuring radical Argentinian art collective Tucuman Arde, conceptual artists Pope L. and Marta Minujin, filmmakers Alice Guy Blache and Pere Portabella, Mexican superhero Superbarrio Gomez, and more, Failure Biographies celebrates the struggles of great 20th and 21st century innovators who attempted - and failed - to change the world. Damm's distinctive style of collage transforms 1950s horror comics into true stories of artistic failure. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Failure Biographies (Paperback)
• Publisher: Operating System
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1946031925
• ISBN 13: 9781946031921
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Damm's distinctive style of collage transforms 1950s horror comics into true stories of artistic failure.

One artist's quixotic quest to clone Martin Luther King, Jr. A pioneering silent film director pushed from the industry by her controlling husband. A writer who tries to write popular fiction but ends up in the avant-garde.

Featuring radical Argentinian art collective Tucumán Arde, conceptual artists Pope L. and Marta Minujín, filmmakers Alice Guy Blaché and Pere Portabella, Mexican superhero Superbarrio Gómez, and more, Failure Biographies celebrates the struggles of great 20th and 21st century innovators who attempted - and failed - to change the world.