{"id":1682,"date":"2013-04-14T01:47:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-14T05:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2013-05-06T21:17:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T01:17:57","slug":"review-modern-vintage-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/articles\/review-modern-vintage-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Modern Vintage Illustration<\/i> by Martin Dawber"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Elise<\/p>\n

Modern Vintage Illustration<\/em> by Martin Dawber<\/p>\n

foreword by Stephen Bayley<\/p>\n

review by\u00a0Benoit Depelteau<\/p>\n

During a frenetic Christmas shopping spree, a simple glance at the cover of a book was sufficient to identify French artist and illustrator Julien Pacaud\u2019s recognizable style. I was immediately curious to see how collage would be approached in Martin Dawber\u2019s Modern Vintage Illustration<\/em>, which was published by Batsford in August 2012.<\/p>\n

The premise of the book is to present recent art and illustration that was inspired by key art movements and cultural periods from the Victorian Era to Punk. Chronologically presented, each era is accompanied by contextual information and a list of influential names. Each image is presented with a few words pointing out key elements that connect the work to its inspirational style. Sadly, it\u2019s sometimes frustrating that original images are not pictured in the book. In some cases, it would have enhanced the experience.<\/p>\n

Since many of the creators presented in the book have been known for their personal work in art before they started to work for clients, and since the selected work is not always commercial, I felt it was relevant that the foreword by Stephen Bayley addresses the issue right at the beginning. Bayley, a British style and design critic who has also worked as a museum curator in the past, states, \u201cWith the joyless, arid, nugatory futility of conceptualism on one historic side and the era of digital art next-up with its yet-to-be-written rules, here is a body of work whose essential, defining quality is visual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Across the pages, that body of work defines itself in a variety of techniques. The interesting aspect of Dawber\u2019s selection is the large place given to traditional work, in a time when digital image processing is the standard. While movements like Art Nouveau, Vienna Secessionism, Constructivism and Art Deco have mostly inspired paintings or screen prints, movements like Victoriana, Dada, Surrealism, 50s Americana, Pop Art, Comic Book Art and Punk prove to be a premium inspiration for collage artists.<\/p>\n

With multiple images by Michael Leigh, Marty Gordon, Tim Manthey, El Reino de la Sand\u00eda, Peter Quinnell, Nicky Ackland-Snow, Greg Gossel and Tom Cornfoot, collage is well-represented within the book. This could be interpreted as a sign that collage has a burgeoning importance in the artistic landscape.<\/p>\n

Modern Vintage Illustration<\/em>
\nby Martin Dawber with foreword by Stephen Bayley
\nover 420 illustrations, 10\u201dx10\u201d, 224 pages, \u00a318.99
\nISBN: 978-1849940320
\nBatsford, London 2012<\/p>\n

This Book Review originally appeared in Issue Three. To see other Reviews from the world of collage,\u00a0SUBSCRIBE<\/a>\u00a0to Kolaj or PURCHASE ISSUE THREE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image<\/strong>:
\nElise and the Crow<\/em>
\nby Sonia Roy
\ndigital collage
\n2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Published by Batsford in London in 2012, this 224 page book contains over 420 illustrations. Benoit Depelteau reviewed it for Kolaj<\/i> in Issue Three.<\/p>\n

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