Dead Children Playing: A Picture Book - Softcover

Donwood, Stanley; Tchock, Dr.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781689091 ISBN 13: 9781781689097

Publisher: Verso, 2015

Synopsis

Stanley Donwood and the enigmatic Dr Tchock are the elusive duo responsible for Radiohead’s artwork. Containing paintings they have produced in the last decade, this book alsocontains a cornucopia of never-before-seen artwork. Featuring the apocalyptic scenes of the OK Computer album, the startling, sinister shadow of memory cast onto the present in the Kid A paintings, and theoverwhelming information overload of Hail to the Thief’s landscapes of conflict, Dead Children Playing presents some of the most iconic artwork of our time.

About this title

About the Author:

Stanley Donwood has collaborated on all Radiohead’s artwork since the release of The Bends in 1995 and won a Grammy Award for Best Packaging/Artwork for the special edition of Amnesiac. His sequence of London Views can be seen accompanying Thom Yorke’s The Eraser. His books include Slowly Downward: A Collection of Miserable Stories; and Catacombs of Terror!: Cheap Thrilling Trash. He lives in Oxfordshire in the UK.

Dr. Tchock is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock group Radiohead.

Review:

“As much inspired by the writing of J.G. Ballard and Iain Sinclair as the work of Alan Moore and L.S. Lowry.”
—GQ

“I’ve read lots of his stuff and it’s always good and I am in no way biased.”
—Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead

About this edition

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1781689091
• ISBN 13: 9781781689097
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80