Author: BATCHELOR, TIM; LEWISOHN, CEDAR; MYRONE, MARTIN; GRAVETT, PAUL; O'REILLY, SALLY (1971-)
Title: Rude Britannia: British comic art / Tim Batchelor, Cedar Lewisohn, Martin Myrone; with essay contributions by Paul Gravett and Sally O'Reilly
Description: London New York: Tate 2010. 1st edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 160 p.: ill. (some col.); 26 cm. Notes; Catalog of the exhibition held at Tate Britain. June 9-Sept. 5. 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-151) and index. Includes a foreword by Penelope Curtis. Contents; What's so funny about British art? / Martin Myrone -- Carry on Tate / Cedar Lewisohn -- British comic art -- Frames of reference: the progress of comics / Paul Gravett -- Social satire and the grotesque -- Politics -- The worship of Bacchus -- The bawdy -- Bawdy beautiful / Sally O'Reilly -- The absurd -- Cedar Lewisohn. Summary; Put together with some the country's best-known cartoonists and comedy writers. this exhibition explores British comic art from the 1600s to the present day. Bringing together a wide array of paintings. sculptures. film and photography. as well as graphic art and comic books. the exhibition celebrates a rich history of cartooning and visual jokes. The room on the Absurd is curated by comedian Harry Hill. and includes such diverse materials as Alice in Wonderland illustrations. David Shrigley's sculpture. and films by Edwina Ashton and Oliver Michaels. Within the Bawdy. Donald McGill's smutty seaside postcards can be seen with works by artists as different as Aubrey Beardsley. Sarah Lucas. and Grayson Perry. The rooms exploring Politics. Social Satire and Cruikshank's Victorian masterpiece The Worship of Bacchus. have been put together with Gerald Scarfe. Steve Bell. and the cartoonists from Viz. These show the power of comic art as a form of social and political commentary throughout history. from satires of Georgian society by Rowlandson and Gillray to Spitting Image's damning Thatcher puppet. Looking at comedy that is both timeless and of-its-time. Rude Britannia contrasts contemporary artists such as Angus Fairhurst with key historical pieces. and covers everything from Hogarth to the YBAs. Comic Art - art that gains its effect through visual humour. caricature. exaggeration and slapstick. whether in print. reproduction or through the moving image - has long helped shape and inform British culture. This entertaining and irreverent history aims to present a wide-screen vision of comic art. from Hogarth to Spitting Image. from Michelangelo to The Mighty Boosh. Tackling the big themes of morality. politics. the bawdy and the absurd. from the eighteenth century to the present day. it will feature works by classic cartoonists and caricaturists. from Gillray. Rowlandson and Cruikshank. to Edward Lear. Heath Robinson. Oz and Viz magazine. Many of the greatest cartoonists and comic artists of recent years will be featured. including Steve Bell. Robert Crumb. David Low and Ronald Searle. Beginning with the origins of the caricature. the book's journey encompasses cartoons. comic books. film. photography. audio. new media and contemporary art. It will trace the development of different genres and techniques. and deal with the development of successive media. from the engraving through to the newspaper and the online blog. Humour is a weapon and a corrective. Over the period covered by the book it is seen to take on social commentary. politics. satire. sex. morality and the absurd. Politicians are remorselessly pilloried and pretensions pricked. The pious are revealed as hypocrites and the rich and famous as fools. Through extensive illustrations of classic and little known facets of comic art. the book succeeds in telling an alternative history of Britain. Leading critics will be joined by well-known comedians. cartoonists and historians. making this a very contemporary take on what is still a rich and vibrant seam in the public life of the nation. Subjects; Tate Britain (Gallery) - Exhibitions. Tate Britain (London. England) - Exhibitions. Wit and humor in art - History - Exhibitions. Wit and humor. Pictorial - Exhibitions. Art - Great Britain - Themes. motives - Exhibitions. English wit and humor. Pictorial - Exhibitions. Comic. The. in art - Great Britain - History. English wit and humour. Pictorial. Cartoons and comics - Great Britain - History - Exhibitions. Comic books. strips. etc. - Great Britain - History and criticism. Caricatures and cartoons - Great Britain - History - Exhibitions. Humor in art - Exhibitions. Caricatures - United Kingdom. Humorous Art - United Kingdom. Great Britain - Social conditions - Exhibitions. BRITISH COMICS - COMICS. Popular culture. Comic book & cartoon art; Exhibition catalogues and specific collections; British Isles. ART / Techniques / Cartooning. ART / European. Great Britain - Social conditions. Art - Great Britain - Themes. motives. Weight in Kg appr.:

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