Will Hobson's Top Book Recommendations
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Articulate, intimate, written with honest directness, these letters lay bare the events of van Gogh's dramatic life, providing remarkable insights into the creative process and touching revelations of his personal anguish.
The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh was first published by New York Graphic Society in 1958. Surely among the most distinguished books ever published,... more
Recommended by Will Hobson, and 1 others. Will HobsonA very brilliant example of somebody having someone in their lives they can communicate with. (Source)
Recommended by Will Hobson, and 1 others. Will HobsonHe celebrates how much more he’s been able to learn from his own life than his parents had been able to in theirs. It’s amazingly graceful and light. (Source)
The Greek-American artist Kosta Alex (1925-2005) initially trained in figure sculpture in Manhattan. In 1947 he moved to Paris, where he mingled with and exhibited alongside the avant-garde artists of his day. His interest in the flattening of forms led him to create his first series of decoupage-collages in about 1950. Like many other artists of the time, he was drawn to using humble, utilitarian materials such as corrugated cardboard, packaging, newspapers, magazines, wallpaper, timetables, lists, maps, and other scraps culled from daily urban life. He integrated these elements into his...
moreRecommended by Will Hobson, and 1 others. Will HobsonVictor Hugo was one of the people experimenting with inkblots, and this is the most wonderful book. (Source)
Recommended by Will Hobson, and 1 others. Will HobsonLooks at everything from table turning to Ouija boards, spirit photographs, the irrational in the modern age, ghosts, and monsters. (Source)
In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol—which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections—he talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, and success; about New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; about his good times and bad in New York, the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among celebrities. less
Hal FosterMy version of Warhol is very different from others’. So often he is seen as the artist most at ease with the iconicity of celebrities and products, and with the image-world of consumer society at large. I focus instead on how distressed his works are. They show how difficult it is to project an image and sustain a brand, no matter who you are – star, criminal or average Joe. (Source)
Will HobsonThere was something very utopian about Warhol’s images of iconic consumer objects, of which the Rorschach Test was one. (Source)
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