The Book of Skulls
Published on 19. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-85669-700-2 (ISBN)
Description
Nach seiner Wiederentdeckung durch Musik und Straßenmode, ist das Symbol des Totenschädels zum ultimativen Symbol für Anarchie und Rebellion geworden. Es zählt zu den bekanntesten Zeichen der heutigen zeitgenössischen visuellen Kunst.
Das Book of Skulls vereint Kunstwerke des ikonischen Symbols aus Musik, Mode, Street Art und Grafikdesign - von Grateful Dead bis hin zu Skater-Punk-Graffiti, von Haute-Couture bis Damien Hirst.
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Faye Dowling is a freelance editor, curator and art buyer specializing in photography, illustration, design, and contemporary visual culture. She has worked for magazines including Dazed & Confused, Varoom, Frieze, Eye, Edit and Pictured.
Content
Introduction - overview of the significance of the skull in contemporary visual culture Seat of the Soul - cultural symbolism The crystal skull - new age phenomenon La Santa Muerte - Mexican folklore Cholo style - Chaz Bojorquez, street art I want your skull - music, 70s subversion Hells Angel - Bikers Face of evil - military history The art - the skull in fine art, Mapplethorpe to Hirst The fashion - the skull in fashion