Art Record Covers. 40th Ed.
Hardcover, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.71 lb, 512 pages
US$ 30
This unique anthology of artists’ record covers, from the 1950s to today includes more than 450 covers, tracing the interaction between music and the visual arts. Featured covers include Salvador Dalí’s skewered butterfly for Jackie Gleason and Banksy’s stenciled graffiti for Blur.
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Customer reviews (10)
Sound Art
An unprecedented collection of artists’ record covers from the 1950s to today
Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies, and different fields of composition and performance.In Francesco Spampinato’s unique anthology of artists’ record covers, we discover the rhythm of this particular cultural history. The book presents 450 covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s through to today, exploring how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have all informed this collateral field of visual production and supported the mass distribution of music with defining imagery that swiftly and suggestively evokes an aural encounter.
Along the way, we find Jean-Michel Basquiat’s urban hieroglyphs for his own Tartown record label, Banksy’s stenciled graffiti for Blur, and a skewered Salvador Dalí butterfly on Jackie Gleason’s Lonesome Echo. There are insightful analyses and fact sheets alongside the covers listing the artist, performer, album name, label, year of release, and information on the original artwork. Interviews with Tauba Auerbach, Shepard Fairey, Kim Gordon, Christian Marclay, Albert Oehlen, and Raymond Pettibon add personal accounts on the collaborative relationship between artists and musicians.
Art Record Covers. 40th Ed.
Hardcover, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.71 lb, 512 pages
ISBN 978-3-8365-8816-4
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program—now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
Customer reviews (10)
Must have
Tommaso, October 27, 2021
A must have for all the music lovers.
Gorgeous
Isabel, October 27, 2021
Love this book - such great musical history!
Perfect
Richard, October 27, 2021
Taschen is for me a perfect present.
Music Art!
Imre Sebestyén, October 27, 2021
Great experience getting to know about the artist which designed some of the most known record labels!
Ein tolles Buch
Ronnie, November 04, 2021
Es zeigt die besten Designs meiner Lieblingsplatten.
Thumb up
Peter, November 02, 2021
Geht nicht besser!
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Superbe anthologie d'albums mythiques
Muriel, October 29, 2021
Cet ouvrage regroupe les pochettes d'albums cultissimes à travers leur graphisme. Pour amateur de graphisme ou mélomane averti!
Superbe
Jean-Philippe, October 29, 2021
Superbe livre qui nous remémore des souvenirs graphiques et musicaux. J'ai adoré la sélection des albums que je connaissais, et j'ai eu l'occasion d'en découvrir d'autres. A posséder et a placer entre sa connection de vinyls et sa bibliothèque.
Art Record Covers
Hans B., October 29, 2021
Sehr ansprechend gestaltetes informatives Buch.
Ouvrage référence
Laurence, October 29, 2021
Pour ceux qui ont une collection de vinyles.