{"product_id":"beautiful-losers-9781891024740","title":"Beautiful Losers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe greatest cultural accomplishments in history have never been the result of the brainstorms of marketing men  corporate focus groups  or any homogenized methods; they have always happened organically. More often than not  these manifestations have been the result of a few like-minded people coming together to create something new and original for no other purpose than a common love of doing it. In the 1990s  a loose-knit group of American artists and creators  many just out of their teens  began their careers in just such a way. Influenced by the popular underground youth subcultures of the day  such as skateboarding  graffiti  street fashion  and independent music  artists like Shepard Fairey  Mark Gonzales  Spike Jonze  Margaret Kilgallen  Mike Mills  Barry McGee  Phil Frost  Chris Johanson  Harmony Korine  and Ed Templeton began to create art that reflected the lifestyles they led. Many had no formal training and almost no conception of the inner workings of the art world. They learned their crafts through practice  trial and error  and good old-fashioned innovation. Not since the Beat Generation have we seen a group of creative individuals with such a unified aesthetic sense and varied cultural facets. The world of art has been greatly affected by their accomplishments as have the worlds of fashion  music  literature  film  and  ironically  athletics. Over the years  the group has matured  and many have become more establishment-oriented; but no matter  their independent spirit has remained steadfast. Beautiful Losers is a retrospective celebration of this spirit  with hundreds of artworks by over two dozen artists  from precursors like Jean-Michel Basquiat  Keith Haring  and Larry Clark  to more recent adherents Ryan McGinniss  KAWS  and Geoff McFetridge. Work in all conceivable mediums is included  plus reproductions of reams of ephemera. The accompanying essays are contributed by a half-dozen writers who have championed these beautiful losers from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279840698421,"sku":"ByrdShop_1891024744","price":335.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781891024740.jpg?v=1780613186","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/beautiful-losers-9781891024740","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}