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The Exquisite Book: 100 Artists Play a Collaborative Game
In The Exquisite Book, one hundred indie artists play an ingenious version of the Exquisite Corpse drawing game. Each adorns a page with artworkhaving seen only the page of the artist immediately prior and using a single horizon line to connect the two. Some continue the "story" quite literally while others build on the previous page in more fanciful ways. This astonishing...more
Hardcover, 144 pages
Published
September 1st 2010
by Chronicle Books
(first published August 25th 2010)
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This is a great idea for a book. This is probably the most-played party game amongst me and my friends, and it is interesting to see what this variety of artists come up with. The design of the book is clever and serves the intentions of the art well.
I think my one complaint is that some of the artists seem to want to push their own agenda rather than actually being inspired by the previous piece. The most interesting entries are the ones that take elements from the previous drawing (other than...more
I think my one complaint is that some of the artists seem to want to push their own agenda rather than actually being inspired by the previous piece. The most interesting entries are the ones that take elements from the previous drawing (other than...more
Well, i'm a little biased on this one since i'm one of the 100 artists who were part of this project! But not really! Read on!
The curators Jenny Volvovski, Matt Lamothe and Julia Rothman created a tight & mysterious schedule: each artist had two weeks to execute an illustration that corresponded to the work that preceded it. That means: follow the horizontal lines of the artist before you, continue the story, and move it forward image by image, artist by artist. (http://vimeo.com/15045308)
So...more
The curators Jenny Volvovski, Matt Lamothe and Julia Rothman created a tight & mysterious schedule: each artist had two weeks to execute an illustration that corresponded to the work that preceded it. That means: follow the horizontal lines of the artist before you, continue the story, and move it forward image by image, artist by artist. (http://vimeo.com/15045308)
So...more
Often gorgeous -- and what's not to love about unfolding smooth pages and looking for that thread of horizon. But so very few artists played the game in its pure, most exciting way: studiously continuing the lines begun by someone else. David Heatley nailed it!
Oof -- the introduction -- a plodding spoiler; makes me say, let's get on with the show.
Oof -- the introduction -- a plodding spoiler; makes me say, let's get on with the show.
There is a game that creative people play called exquisite corpse where different writers and artists collaborate on a piece of art. This book is a print version of that game. Using only a horizontal line and only being able to see the previous entry, a hundred creative types have played the game. The results are a thing of beauty.
This book is neat, because art is neat. And collaborative art is even more neat. Every page has a horizon line that is used through the entire book... but every artist can only see part of the picture drawn before them, and they draw their picture based off the one before, or not at all. I love projects like this.
Interesting concept. A great deal of the fun is attempting to discern what each artist saw in the work of the previous one, and how they carried that theme into their own work. As is the case for all anthologies, some of the work is better than the rest, but it's generally of reasonably high quality.
Cool idea -- accordion pages fold out to show the progression of artists playing the exquisite corpse game. A unique way to highlight different styles. I like Jen Corace: http://www.jencorace.com/
A fun artistic collaboration. Love books with pages that fold out - gives me a sense of tactile play as well as a delightful feast for my eyes.
I really love the idea of this project, and it was executed really well. The artists in the book are all talented and the project is a unique one. I hated the experience of actually handling this book though, I don't think it is very reader friendly. It's an awesome project, though.
I love this book! It is a must have for illustrators and lovers of patterns and drawings.
A must for illustrators.
Beautiful!
Interesting idea and a beautiful book. It fits together in an impressive puzzle.
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