{"product_id":"vincent-sardon-the-stampographer-9781938221163","title":"Vincent Sardon: The Stampographer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Stampographer\u003c\/i\u003e traverses the fantastic, anarchic imagination of Parisian artist Vincent Sardon (born 1970), whose dark, combative sense of humor is infused with Dadaist subversion and Pataphysical play.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing rubber stamps he designs and manufactures himself, Sardon commandeers a medium often associated with petty and idiotic displays of bureaucratic power, then uses those stamps not to assert authority, but to refuse it. He scours the Parisian landscape as well as the world at large, skewering the power-hungry and the pretentious, reveling in the vulgar and profane. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Stampographer\u003c\/i\u003e, there are insults in multiple languages, sadomasochistic Christmas ornaments, and a miniature Kamasutra with an auto-erotic Jesus. Sardon also wields the stamp as satirical device, deconstructing Warhol portraits into primary colors, turning ink blots into Pollock paint drips, and clarifying just what Yves Klein did with women's bodies. Yet Sardon's razor-sharp wit is tinged with the irony of his exquisite sense of beauty. The stamps are rarely static--they have an animating magic, whether boxers are punching faces out of place or dragonflies seemingly hover over the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSardon's work is provocative in its subject matter as well as in its process and dissemination: he not only stands defiantly outside the art world's modes of commerce but his artworks (the rubber stamps themselves) are actually the means with which anyone can make a work of their own. \u003ci\u003eThe Stampographer\u003c\/i\u003e introduces English-speaking readers to one of the most unusual and original voices in contemporary French culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Siglio Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938221163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.50h x 7.80w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vincent Sardon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671314067612,"sku":"9781938221163","price":27.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_01ffdf21-af3a-4d2c-ac5b-0fed891f1409.jpg?v=1603925071","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vincent-sardon-the-stampographer-9781938221163","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}