{"product_id":"larry-johnson-9783791343914","title":"Larry Johnson","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis monograph on Larry Johnson  one of the most important artists to emerge from the L.A. art scene of the 1980s  features works from throughout his career that offer a provocative commentary on American culture. With a unique style that blends drawing  painting  photography  graphic design  and text  Johnson creates photographic works that are sardonic  frequently melancholy or nostalgic  but always sharply focused and pitch perfect. Evoking a variety of artistic traditions  from Japanese woodblock prints to Pop art  many of his pieces incorporate written texts  either original or appropriated from disparate sources  including gossip magazines  pulp fiction  black-box flight recorders  and rock lyrics. Johnsons works reveal his fascination with celebrity culture  and particularly the juncture of aspirations and fantasies with reality. Hollywood stars and rock musicians  political figures and heroes are often the subjects of his finely tuned visual narratives. Johnson casts his subtle  witty gaze on the seemingly mundane aspects of contemporary culture  particularly that of Southern California during the latter half of the twentieth century  and comes up with brilliant-and thoughtprovoking- observations. This volume  which accompanies a major retrospective of the artists career at the Hammer Museum  features essays by Russell Ferguson  Lee Edelman  and Esther Leslie  and an interview with the artist by David Rimanelli.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67970253979701,"sku":"ByrdShop_3791343912","price":55.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783791343914.jpg?v=1794583972","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/larry-johnson-9783791343914","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}