ENGLISH, MICHAEL - Edited by J Slattery:Biblio.com
3-D EYE - The Posters prints and paintings of Michael English 1966 - 1979.
rja1051923<p>USslim Qrto softback1st edn thus. Produced by M. Dean and S. Henderson.Edited by J.Slattery. Library of Congress Catalog Number 80-7731. NFINE. No owner inscrptnbut black ink stamp price US $6.98internally to top front corner of front card cover. Brightcrisp cleanshep-corneredglossy laminatedwrap-around white background with capitalisedblack-lettered part-title and author name to front card cover with oozing chocolate 1977 colour illustration pp50vertically capitalised publisher name $price on gutter fold/crease of front cover and an adhesivegilt circular $6.98 price label in its vicinitycapitalised part-title author nameISBN to spine/backstrip which has NO reading creases; rear cover with white background and b/w PerigeePaper Tiger logo towards top edge and publisher detailsISBN towards lower edge and an approx 2" wide vertical band/strip of natural but slight light darkening/ageing.Negligible shelf-wearbumping creasing to edges and corners - no nickstears or splits present.Topfore-edges without foxing/spotting; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread other than my own collation.USslim Qrto s/back1st edn thus6-107pp paginated includes subject's b/w portrait photograph by David Bailey and 2 b/w contemporary shop front murals and an approx 1 year-old portrait photograph of himself within the commentary about his work/art by Penny Sparke 100 colour and 20 b/w illustrations of his printsposters etc.; plus unpaginatedcolour illustrated frntiscolour vignetted title page contents list/table and to the rearacknowledgements with a blank verso and a further 2p blanks. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptionaland even internally the book is in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its age and nature i.e. an ephemeral softback book.It is only the exterior fault described that prevents a slightly higher grading.Despite itit really is an exceptional exampley for its cleanlinessbrightness and almost fault-free presentation. Michael English b. 5th September1941 – d. 25th September 2009 was a British artist known for poster designs he created in the 1960s for musicians such as Jimi Hendrix in collaboration with Nigel Waymouth and the design company they established Hapshash and the Coloured Coatand later for several series of hyper realist paintings in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1962 he enolled at Ealing College of Artwhere he took Roy Ascott's radical Groundcourse which had a major impact on his thinking.His work included commissioned paintings for both private individuals and public organisationsadvertising art for companies such as Porsche and stamp series for the Royal Mail such as the 'British Buses' or 'British Motorcycles'. His career was launched in London during 1966when he began to work with Nigel Waymouthwho owned the shop Granny Takes a Trip in the King's Roadwhich was a burgeoning counter-culture and bohemian centre of Swinging London. English was hired by Waymouth to create a mural for the shopwhich was rapidly gaining international cult status. English incorporated "fairground murals vernacular imagery and hand-crafted Victorian letter forms" into the muraland during the same periodhe also completed a mural for the Cale Street shop Hung On You in the trendy Chelsea areaowned by Michael Rainey. During this period he produced what he considered his 'best poster' for the underground club UFO established by John Hopkinsco-founder of the International Times. He contributed artworkincluding two covers issues 4 and 13 for the radical 'OZ' magazine as part of Hapshasha collaboration which continued for two years.Throughout this timehe produced posters for leading performers such as Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. He also created posters for the 1968 Liverpool Love Festivaland Love Me Film Productions. Michael English has been credited with creating "an English form of psychedelic poster art". English's works used contemporary Op Art techniques to create a visually jarring effect for the viewer and had a boldcarnivalesque style similar to Pop Art. He also used evocative references to the decadent spirit of the 1890s 'Art Nouveau' influencessuch as Alphonse Mucha's postersand the works of Aubrey Beardsley. In the 1970sEnglish moved away from psychedelic imagery towards Hyper Realist work employing airbrush techniques. He produced several different series of paintings'The Food Paintings' 1969– 70including 'Fried Egg' and 'Ketchup' The Rubbish Posters 1970with the iconic 'Coke'an airbrush image of a used Coca-Cola bottle capand the Strikes Water Prints 1971 with images such as Ball Strikes Water. English's posters from this period sold in the millions. English also experimented with environmentalist happenings and oil lamp projections.In the mid to late 1970s and the 1980s he focused more keenly on two seemingly contrasting themesthe 'Machine Paintings' which are highly detailed sections of trains planes and trucks and the 'Nature Paintings'which provided close-up fragments of nature images such as ivy leaves often juxtaposed with hard man-made surfaces.His interest in both these themes continued to play a major part in his subsequent career resulting in several large scale paintings. 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