Very Fine pristine copy in dust jacket over light boards, Publisher \u200f : \u200e Venus Over Manhattan; First Edition (August 31, 2014)Language \u200f : \u200e English Paperback \u200f : \u200e 102 pages full color illustration ISBN-10 \u200f : \u200e 0990358615 ISBN-13 \u200f : \u200e 978-0990358619 Item Weight \u200f : \u200e 1.2 pounds Dimensions \u200f : \u200e 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches, has original price sticker of 2014 [k2rbr]<\/p>\n
Unlike the free spirits depicted in this 25-year survey of Raymond Pettibon\u2019s paintings and watercolors on paper, the artist and former L.A. punk-scene habitu\u00e9 doesn\u2019t actually surf. But in a more metaphorical sense, he has spent his career riding the dark waves of the historical and psychological realities that break upon the American Dream. Starting out in the late 1970s as the bass player for Panic, the precursor group to Black Flag, Pettibon designed the latter\u2019s familiar logo and its album covers, a talent he also lent to other groups, including Sonic Youth for their 1990 record, Goo. He emerged as an art star during the waning years of the Reagan era, with works that expressed a certain malaise-heavy, noir-seasoned sense of alienation. To that end, his recipe has entailed a mixture of texts and comix-zine-style drawings, most notably in a series of hard-boiled tales of national infamy.<\/p>\n