ART HOAX
by Ari Lun
illustrated by Geoff Todd ISBN: 978-0-646-83515-0 Art Hoax is written for anybody who might wonder why unlikely objects in today’s world are called art and sometimes valued at extraordinarily high worth.This is an honest argument claiming the world has been duped by dealers in art, art galleries, art museums and on occasions, even artists. Presented here from hand cut and pasted original collages by Geoff Todd, Art Hoax proposes that the evidence of the artist’s hand in art is not something to hide, nor something to cause embarrassment, but rather something of which to be proud.All quotations are from real people - living or dead, and attributions to any quotations are within the text for the sceptics and academics who might wish to verify them. The argument is very short, as is this foreword, so readers who are not interested in a large tome arguing points of aesthetics, art and concept, may find this book as an alternative half-hour read, which will equip them for an exciting dinner table debate. I.P.Rossi, 2020 $20 + post & packing |
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Looking North - The Art of Geoff Todd. Outsider, Maverick & Humanist
Beautiful Beasts
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ISBN: 0-9756775-1-9
This small book is a collection of three very short stories told essentially in illustration, but English and French text is included. Two of the stories Wine/Vin and Sculpture/Sculpture were first published as a limited edition hand coloured book to accompany the drawings on exhibition in 1998 at Alliance Français, Canberra. The drawings for the third story, Danse Macabre, were made in La Chaise Dieu, France in 2005 while the artist lived next door to the Abbey of Saint Robert where the original Danse Macabre fresco, painted in 1470, can be seen. $15 +post & packing |
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