CARNIVORA is coming…
PRESS RELEASE
December 5, 2007
New York-based artist agent Leslie Barany, working with Chris X and Kevin I. Slaughter of Scapegoat Publishing and editors George Petros and Deanna Lehman, presents…
CARNIVORA: The Dark Art of Automobiles.
Published by the new Scapegoat imprint, Barany Books, CARNIVORA features work by 112 artists and writers. Advance copies of the book will be unveiled at the January 12th, 2008 opening of an exhibition of the same nameat ©POP Detroit Gallery. The exhibition, showcasing art from the book, will run concurrently with the DetroitInternational Auto Show. It will then move to L.A.’s L’Imagerie Gallery at a soon to be announced date in the Spring and to NYC’s Fuse Gallery in July.
For more information about the CARNIVORA exhibition please visit
http://www.myspace.com/lesbaranyscarnivora
The book is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2008.
CARNIVORA: The Dark Art of Automobiles
176 pgs. 8.5″ x 11″
$29.95
ISBN13 978-0-9795132-1-3
Available in Spring 2008
What is humanity’s greatest technical achievement? Why, the automobile, of course. It changed everything. Previous punditry described the automobile’s ascent from molten metal and raw rubber into ubiquitous vehicle of dreams. The chronicle of the car fills uncountable volumes. CARNIVORA: The Dark Art of Automobiles is the latest chapter in our ongoing observations of cars, their drivers, passengers, loads, and secret histories. The art and writings herein take somewhat of a left turn vis-à-vis the rather straight-and-narrow path of automotive art and writing. Instead of focusing on the vehicle’s physicality, the art of CARNIVORA focuses on the vehicle’s psychological impact.
In an examination of the dark side of automobiles and our obsession with them, CARNIVORA features an international group of 92 artists, among them: Anthony Ausgang, Glenn Barr, Zdzislaw Beksinski, Trevor Brown, Joe Coleman, Coop, Robert Crumb, Jason D’Aquino, Ron English, H.R. Giger, John John Jesse, Frank Kozik, Dennis Larkins, Tanino Liberatore, Travis Louie, John “Crash” Matos, Mark Mothersbaugh, Stanley Mouse, Niagara, Camilo Pardo, Peter Pontiac, Pooch, J. K. Potter, Dan Quintana, Sibylle Ruppert, Shag, Winston Smith, Hajime Sorayama, Tomi Ungerer, Brian Viveros, Keith Weesner, Robert Williams and Chet Zar, and texts by 22 authors, among them: Jennifer Blowdryer, Steven Blush, Harlan Ellison, Peter H. Gilmore, Jacaeber Kastor, Joseph Mauceri, Carlo McCormick, William F. Nolan, George Petros, Norman Spinrad, Pet Silvia and Chris Stein.
For the complete list of contributors to the CARNIVORA book please visit
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