Books are art objects, and whether you are a retailer, gallerist, or simply a collector with a personal library, they should arrive at your door in pristine condition. We pack every order using superior materials and methods perfected through 40 years of experience.
REMEMBER THE EGG-DROP TEST?
Design a package that can protect a raw egg when dropped from the classroom window. The winning formula has two key components: a rigid exterior, and good packing to cushion the blow and keep the egg away from the side walls.
WE USE THE SUPERIOR EGG-DROP FORMULA!
A sturdy double-walled cardboard box protects the outside, while crumpled recyclable paper protects the corners and holds books firmly in place. We double-box all international orders. We protect smaller orders in bubble-mailers surrounded by a cardboard box. Nearly 40 years of shipping experience is behind every order, and our packing is among the best in the industry. Don’t let these fine books arrive at your door in anything less than pristine condition!
A nice Christmas treat from the New York Times & Los Angeles Times: kind words about our series The Art of Hergé.
“…devoted not just to the cartoons but also to Hergé’s impressive, sometimes glorious work as an illustrator and graphic designer.”
Bruce Handy, the New York Times
on the Last Gasp series The Art of Hergé
“gorgeous”
Jennifer Schuessler, the New York TimesPapercuts blog
on the Last Gasp series The Art of Hergé
“…Philippe Goodin’s handsome three-volume survey…”
Charles Solomon, the Los Angeles Times
I am pleased to announce the opening of my new show “American Animals” this Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Billy Shire Fine Arts (5790 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232; phone: 323-297-0600).
The opening reception will be from 7 – 10pm. The show runs from November 14 – December 5
Robert Crumb stopped by the warehouse today to say hi, catch up while he’s in town, and to do a little shopping & shipping. Maria couldn’t resist his charms and had to get a few pics.
Ed Hardy, internationally renowned for breathing new life into tattooing, appears in person to discuss his art and life, as collected in the new book Beyond Skin (teNeues). Hardy will sign copies of the book, which contains drawings, prints, paintings, and his newest pieces in porcelain.
This is not Ed Hardy the fashion line. This is Ed Hardy the original, whose artwork integrates iconography from classic tattoo flash and Hollywood cartoons to the Old West, from Asia and Polynesia to Medieval Europe. Hardy achieves beauty by mixing the grotesque, humorous, subtle, and flamboyant.
Beyond Skin is a scintillating overview of an artist who has tapped the pulse of our time and an ideal gift for all who appreciate the mastery of art that defies generalization.
Presented by Last Gasp
November 18, 2009
6:00pm
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna St.
San Francisco, CA, 94105
(415) 974-1719 www.111minnagallery.com
Admission: Free
Ed Hardy
Beyond Skin
Text by Alan Govenar
Size: 10 x 12 7/8 in.
240 pp., Hardcover with jacket
c. 200 color illustrations
Text in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian
$ 98
November 2009
ISBN 978-3-8327-9352-4
To be published by teNeues in November 2009
Phone for press (about the book): teNeues, Anshana Arora (212) 627 9090 ext 19 Available from Last Gasp
Ed Hardy
At the age of ten, Don Ed Hardy recognized the unique force of tattoo art. Growing up in the center of 1950s and early 60s California pop culture, he went on to earn an art school degree and then learned to tattoo by apprenticing himself to master artists. Over the past forty years Hardy has revolutionized this ancient tradition while also bringing fresh energy to the classical mediums of painting, printmaking and ceramics through his exhibitions across the United States and abroad. His technical brilliance and mesmerizing imagery have created an indelible style on skin and in the worlds of fashion and contemporary art. Hardy’s sense of design is at once startling, seductive, frightening, and enchanting, transcending categories of time and culture, high and low. Ed Hardy’s Tattoo City
Frankfurt Book Fair is always a strange and exciting show. This year was no different, and we met and spoke with a wide range of folks from all over the globe. Here are some of our best-dressed customers.
