{"product_id":"you-call-this-art-a-greg-irons-retrospective","title":"You Call This Art?!: A Greg Irons Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first-ever collection of one of the undergrounds greatest art rebels.  If he were alive today  hed be a superstar. He was that good. But Greg Irons died just as his star was rising. He was only 37 years old when a speeding bus on a busy Bangkok street killed him in 1984. Irons was a psychedelic poster artist  an underground cartoonist  a book illustrator  and an emerging tattoo virtuoso who brought a new sensibility to an age-old art form.  This retrospective book spans his whole artistic career  from his earliest dance posters  to his ground breaking science fiction and horror comix  to his innovative and colorful tattoo art. Greg Irons was one of the elite among posters artists who worked for Bill Grahams Fillmore Ballroom in San Francisco during the Age of Aquarius  designing posters for Chuck Berry  Jefferson Airplane  Big Brother  and Paul Butterfield. You Call This Art?! reprints his finest psychedelic posters in full-color  as well as complete comic stories from Slow Death Funnies  Legion of Charlies  Deviant Slice  Yellow Dog  Thrilling Murder  and many other underground comic books. It also includes rarely seen album cover art for Jerry Garcia  Blue Cheer  Jefferson Starship and other counterculture musicians. Irons had a third career as an illustrator of childrens coloring books  and pages from books including One Old Oxford Ox  Last of the Dinosaurs  Pirates  and Wyf of Bathe appear as well. Many examples of his tattoo art are also included.  Think youve seen it all already? Not a chance. This book reproduces not only his greatest artistic hits  but also never-before-seen pages from his private sketchbooks and journals  personal photographs  unpublished paintings  and works that appeared in obscure publications  like the San Francisco Organ  which published the lurid story that Mick Jagger tried to suppress.  This panoramic collection of superlative art is framed by Patrick Rosenkranzs extensive portrait of the artist  based on personal interviews with Irons  his friends  lovers  and colleagues. A candid and revealing depiction of a gifted artist who never abandoned the counterculture. An intimate expose of the all-too-human being behind some of the most revolutionary art in the underground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984157929525,"sku":"ByrdShop_156097754X","price":2027.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781560977544.jpg?v=1770824975","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/you-call-this-art-a-greg-irons-retrospective","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}