Revisionist Art

Thirty Works by Bob Dylan

Luc Sante, B. Clavery, Bob Dylan

$120

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Harry N Abrams
15 May 2013

Art & Architecture; Prints & printmaking; Individual artists, art monographs; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

In Revisionist Art, Bob Dylan offers silkscreened covers of popular magazines from the last half century that somehow escaped history's notice. As Luc Sante says in his introduction to this collection, they seem to emanate, ""from a world just slightly removed from ours--a world a bit more honest about its corruption, its chronic horniness, its sweat, its body odor."" Art critic B. Clavery provides a history of Revisionist Art, from cave drawings, to Gutenberg, to Duchamp, Picasso, and Warhol. The book also features vivid commentaries on the work, (re)acquainting the reader with such colorful historical figures as the Depression-era politician Cameron Chambers, whose mustache became an icon in the gay underworld, and Gemma Burton, a San Francisco trial attorney who used all of her assets in the courtroom. According to these works, history is not quite what we think it is.

Praise for Revisionist Art:

""Revisionist Art may be the strangest move Dylan has made in a long while, but it's also his most brilliantly uproarious foray into full-blown comedy."" -Rolling Stone, four-star review

By: Luc Sante, B. Clavery
By (artist): Bob Dylan
Imprint: Harry N Abrams
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 329mm, Width: 279mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 1.590kg
ISBN: 9781419709791
ISBN 10: 1419709798
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 15 May 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luc Sante is a critic and essayist and the author of numerous books, most recently Kill All Your Darlings and Folk Photography. B. Clavery is the editor of Sluggo: A Magazine of the Transformative Arts.

MOTHER'S DAY SPECIALS! SHOW ME MORE

Revisionist Art

Thirty Works by Bob Dylan

Luc Sante, B. Clavery, Bob Dylan

$120

Hardback

See Also

Contact Abbeys

Contact Galaxy

Contact Language

Contact Us

About ABBEY'S