Alexander Melamid
Autore di Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's Scientific Guide to Art
Opere di Alexander Melamid
When Elephants Paint: The Quest of Two Russian Artists to Save the Elephants of Thailand (2000) 49 copie
Oh My God 2 copie
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When Elephants Paint: The Quest of Two Russian… di Komar & Melamid
Drunken Russians explaining art theory to elephants, with an introduction by a bemused Dave Eggers. There are lots of photos of the resulting shenanigans - and the proceeds helped elephant rescue efforts. There's just no way to lose with this book.
Komar and Melamid traveled the world, holding town-hall style meetings to determine what people most (and least) wanted to see in a painting. There are charts and graphs to support their findings, and of course, finished paintings representing each nation's ideal. It's interesting to see how similar and yet how different the most and least wanted pictures are all over the world - bucolic landscapes with national heroes hanging out with big animals top the list everywhere - and the quasi-scientific text is a hilarious counterpoint.… (altro)
A fantastic book which operates simultaneously on many levels: satire, tongue in cheek mockery, serious social commentary, and just plan fun.
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