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TWO LOOKS TO HOME Simpson, Tommy 1999 47789 From the Publisher " In the playful style that characterizes his life and art, renowned artist Tommy Simpson takes a look at his youth in a small Midwestern town and its influence on his colorful, high-spirited art. Tommy Simpson is a woodworker, sculptor, furniture maker, painter, and poet acclaimed for his witty and joyous interpretations of Americana-a true original in the art world. Two Looks to Home is a most unusual illustrated memoir/art book, illuminating his unique sensibility and how the work of an artist comes to be. With seasoned insight and humor, and many a pun, Simpson sprinkles autobiographical vignettes, childhood candids, and wry poems amid the sparkling reproductions of his ingenious creations and Klee-like paintings. Two Looks to Home concludes with a chapter on a full-size "garden" of Simpson's fantasy sculptures that he is creating for an exhibition entitled "Garden of the Heart." It will open at the American Craft Museum in New York City in June 2000 and travel around the country. The famed dance group Pilobolus has created a performance piece inspired by and to be performed in this garden. Arts writer Pam Koob provides an insightful introduction, exploring the connections between Simpson's life and his art in greater depth. The book is a dazzling, inventive tour de force-as Koob notes,-a portrait of the artist as a very human being." American Craft - Julie S. Ardery With his new book, Two Looks at Home, Simpson has created another pastiche-part memoir, part poetry collection, past artist's retrospective. The handsome volume is organized around recollections from the author's youth. Episodes of mischief, pleasure, fright and hurt are interspersed with his balmy free verse, family pictures and pages from his sketchbooks. But, presumably by design, gorgeous studio photographs of his flamboyant wood sculptures, furniture and paintings overwhelm these other elements. It's a coffee-table book with several spoonfuls of intimacy. Synopsis " In the playful style that characterizes his life and art, renowned artist Tommy Simpson takes a look at his youth in a small Midwestern town and its influence on his colorful, high-spirited art. Tommy Simpson is a woodworker, sculptor, furniture maker, painter, and poet acclaimed for his witty and joyous interpretations of Americana-a true original in the art world. Two Looks to Home is a most unusual illustrated memoir/art book, illuminating his unique sensibility and how the work of an artist comes to be. With seasoned insight and humor, and many a pun, Simpson sprinkles autobiographical vignettes, childhood candids, and wry poems amid the sparkling reproductions of his ingenious creations and Klee-like paintings. Two Looks to Home concludes with a chapter on a full-size "garden" of Simpson's fantasy sculptures that he is creating for an exhibition entitled "Garden of the Heart." It will open at the American Craft Museum in New York City in June 2000 and travel around the country. The famed dance group Pilobolus has created a performance piece inspired by and to be performed in this garden. Arts writer Pam Koob provides an insightful introduction, exploring the connections between Simpson's life and his art in greater depth. The book is a dazzling, inventive tour de force-as Koob notes,-a portrait of the artist as a very human being." American Craft - Julie S. Ardery With his new book, Two Looks at Home, Simpson has created another pastiche-part memoir, part poetry collection, past artist's retrospective. The handsome volume is organized around recollections from the author's youth. Episodes of mischief, pleasure, fright and hurt are interspersed with his balmy free verse, family pictures and pages from his sketchbooks. But, presumably by design, gorgeous studio photographs of his flamboyant wood sculptures, furniture and paintings overwhelm these other elements. It's a coffee-table book with several spoonfuls of intimacy. Little, Brown & Company 0-8212-2508-1 / 9780821225080 Hardcover As New Condition Boston Price:
50.50 USD
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TWO LOOKS TO HOME: THE ART OF TOMMY SIMPSON Simpson, Tommy 1999 9711 In the playful style that characterizes his life and art, artist Tommy Simpson takes a look at his youth in a small Midwestern town and its influence on his colorful, high-spirited art. Tommy Simpson is a woodworker, sculptor, furniture maker, painter, and poet acclaimed for his witty and joyous interpretations of Americana - a true original in the art world. Two Looks to Home is a most unusual illustrated memoir/art book, illuminating his unique sensibility and how the work of an artist comes to be. With seasoned insight and humor, and many a pun, Simpson sprinkles autobiographical vignettes, childhood candids, and wry poems amid the sparkling reproductions of his ingenious creations and Klee-like paintings. Two Looks to Home concludes with a chapter on a full-size "garden" of Simpson's fantasy sculptures that he is creating for an exhibition entitled "Garden of the Heart." It will open at the American Craft Museum in New York City in June 2000 and travel around the country. FROM THE CRITICS Julie S. Ardery - American Craft With his new book, Two Looks at Home, Simpson has created another pastiche-part memoir, part poetry collection, past artist's retrospective. The handsome volume is organized around recollections from the author's youth. Episodes of mischief, pleasure, fright and hurt are interspersed with his balmy free verse, family pictures and pages from his sketchbooks. But, presumably by design, gorgeous studio photographs of his flamboyant wood sculptures, furniture and paintings overwhelm these other elements. It's a coffee-table book with several spoonfuls of intimacy. PUBLISHED AT FIFTY DOLLARS. Little, Brown & Company 0-8212-2508-1 / 9780821225080 Hardcover As New condition New book Jacket Boston Price:
32.84 USD
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