Real, mythical and imaginary people come together in this stunning picture book. Each figure is juxtaposed with another on the opposite page. These relationships are often funny and surprising; sometimes the connection is obvious, other times it takes a bit of thinking.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Blexbolex
EAN: 9781877467783
COUNTRY: New Zealand
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 240 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Gecko Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2011-12-01
CITY:
GENRE: JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / General, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / General
WIDTH: 180 cm
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Book Themes:
Interest age: from c 3 years, Picture storybooks, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in translation, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
"Blexbolex’s captivating silk-screens explore human archetypes using a 1960s-era design aesthetic … The book’s brilliance lies in the intriguing ways in which the images mimic, challenge, and inform one another …", "With its 208 pages, this is not your average picture book. Instead, it’s a unique reflection on the similarities and differences among people from all walks of life…", "Each charmingly matte and papery double-page spread features a full-bleed illustrated vignette that captures the human condition in its diversity, richness and paradoxes …"
Blexbolex is a French comics artist and illustrator. Born Bernard Granger in Aurillac, he studied screen printing at the School of Fine Arts in Angoul me.
