The Father Costume

Marcus, Ben; Ritchie, Matthew

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ISBN 10: 1891273035 ISBN 13: 9781891273032

Published by Artspace Books, 2002

Language: English

Condition: Used - Near fine Hardcover

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Near Fine hardcover in illustrated boards. Inscribed and Signed by Marcus on the third page. First Edition, First Printing as stated. Overall a bright and attractive copy. BH. 56 pp.

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Title: The Father Costume
Publisher: Artspace Books
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1891273035
ISBN 13: 9781891273032
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Behold a stunning world, composed largely of water, where clothing changes people's behavior and time itself can be worn and discarded like cloth. Witness a father who takes his two boys out to sea, in flight from some menace at home, thus launching their adventures in a strange and dangerous territory. Artist Matthew Ritchie's striking images blend scientific diagramming with vivid, colorful renderings of the apocalypse, while writer Ben Marcus's cold prose plumbs the inner workings of two boys caught out at sea with a father whose costumes grow increasingly menacing. In this collaborative work, Ritchie's and Marcus's shared obsessions of mythology, physics and ancient texts have produced a conjunction of text and image in which people themselves are merely costumes for the darker needs that drive them.

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Ben Marcus was born in Chicago in 1967. He is the author of two novels, "The Age of Wine and String" and "Notable American Women".

Matthew Ritchie was born in 1964 in London. He lives and works in New York.

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