{"product_id":"jim-shaw-paperback-covers-9783037645659","title":"Jim Shaw: Paperback Covers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDream-inspired book covers for imaginary pulp novels by Americana connoisseur-bricoleur Jim Shaw \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 1970s, American artist Jim Shaw (born 1952) has used his multimedia artistic practice as a means of exploring and exploiting pop-culture iconography. This publication focuses on one of the key series in Shaw's corpus, in which he draws inspiration from the Anglo-American graphic design and illustrative tradition of cheap paperback books. Inspired by the artist's intense dreaming life, the \u003ci\u003ePaperback Covers\u003c\/i\u003e series (1996-2013) recreates the lurid imagery associated with pulp novels, with vertical canvases that depict fantastical and irreverent imagery: in one, a werewolf in suspenders is struck by an oncoming 18-wheeler; in another, a line of chorus girls dance in front of a vampire and a woman in red as the couple is in engulfed by flames. Though these \"books\" bear no text, Shaw's paintings evoke exciting narratives within a single image. All the inventoried \u003ci\u003ePaperback Covers\u003c\/i\u003e are collected in this softcover volume along with a text by Charlie Fox.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jrp Ringier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783037645659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Jim Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956767178933,"sku":"9783037645659","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b40adf3f-448d-4f8d-a151-8977e4dc8b53.jpg?v=1620222336","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jim-shaw-paperback-covers-9783037645659","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}