Todd James (Paperback)

Todd James

ISBN 10: 0972592008 / ISBN 13: 9780972592000

Published by Testify Books, Inc, New York, 2005

About this Item

Paperback. Introduction by Rachel Greene. Filled with over 150 raucous drawings and paintings, Todd James is a dense catalogue of recent work from the internationally known artist and designer. James's commercial work over the last fifteen years has helped shape the aesthetic of contemporary youth culture, and his logos for clients like The Source, Eminem, Mobb Deep, the Beastie Boys and Redman remain some of Hip-Hop's most enduring icons. Featuring more than 150 drawings and paintings by the artist, this book welcomes you to the obscence, and sometimes heartbreaking, world of Todd James. His lively cartoonesque figures and stream-of-consciousness images have been used by, among others, Eminem, the Beastie Boys and Redman. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Todd James (Paperback)
• Publisher: Testify Books, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0972592008
• ISBN 13: 9780972592000
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

Todd James belongs to a small, influential group of artists who acquired the earliest elements of their visual languages painting New York City subway cars, and in doing so altered an entire generation's perception of urban letter forms. Filled with over 150 raucous paintings, drawings and signage, Todd James is a solid catalogue of work from the internationally known artist and designer. This small treasury is an irresistible compendium that highlights some of the artist's best-known works from the last two years, as well as many exclusive works taken directly from private collections and sketchbooks. It is an intense, hilarious and wholly compelling window into the art of one of downtown New York's most celebrated street artists.

About the Author

Todd James is a native New Yorker who currently divides has time between Los Angeles and Manhattan. Features on James and his art have appeared in publications such as Artforum, Tokion, Marie Claire, Tokyo Jammin', and Art in America. Rachel Greene (Introduction) is the Executive Director of Rhizome.org and a Curatorial Fellow at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. Her writing has appeared in Time Out New York, Artforum, and frieze. Her upcoming book Internet Art will be published by Thames & Hudson in the spring of 2004. Rachel Greene lives in New York City.