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White Cube
Brecht Vandenbrouke
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Description for White Cube
Hardback. With few words and a gorgeous style, a cartoonist takes aim at the hypocrises of the art world. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 302 x 13. Weight in Grams: 622.
White Cube is Belgian cartoonist and illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke's debut book, a collection of mostly wordless strips that follow a pair of pink-faced twins as they attempt to understand contemporary art and the gallery world. Their reactions to the art they encounter are frequently comedic, as they paint over Pablo Picasso's famous mural Guernica, and recreate a pixelated version of Edvard Munch's The Scream after receiving one too many emails. Lushly painted, these irreverent strips poke fun at the staid, often smug art world, offering an absurdist world view on the institutions of that world-questioning what constitutes art and ... Read more
White Cube is Belgian cartoonist and illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke's debut book, a collection of mostly wordless strips that follow a pair of pink-faced twins as they attempt to understand contemporary art and the gallery world. Their reactions to the art they encounter are frequently comedic, as they paint over Pablo Picasso's famous mural Guernica, and recreate a pixelated version of Edvard Munch's The Scream after receiving one too many emails. Lushly painted, these irreverent strips poke fun at the staid, often smug art world, offering an absurdist world view on the institutions of that world-questioning what constitutes art and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770461390
SKU
V9781770461390
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About Brecht Vandenbrouke
Brecht Vandenbroucke is a Belgian cartoonist and illustrator. Since graduating from art school a few years ago, he has worked for numerous periodicals, including the New York Times, and has participated in group shows all over the world. His first solo exhibition took place in February 2013.
Reviews for White Cube
With Vandenbroucke's new collection, White Cube, we finally have the perfect response to fine art in comics form
and that response is the visual equivalent of a whoopee cushion.
Chicago Tribune Printers Row [White Cube is] one of the best books we've seen all year . . . Following two pink-faced men . . . ... Read more
and that response is the visual equivalent of a whoopee cushion.
Chicago Tribune Printers Row [White Cube is] one of the best books we've seen all year . . . Following two pink-faced men . . . ... Read more