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A poster book featuring 12 brand new, never-before-published paintings by award-winning artist James Jean. Each of the 305mmx 406mm inch pull-out posters is bound into a paperback portfolio and features a full-color painting on one side and intricate sketches on the opposite side.
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James Jean was born in Taiwan in 1979. Raised in New Jersey, he graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 2001. Along with his award-winning cover art for DC Comics, Jean has produced illustrations for Time Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, ESPN, Atlantic Records, Target, Playboy, Nike, and Reebok among many others. In 2008, his artwork was the inspiration for Prada's Spring clothing line.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
High quality removable prints. Content-wise this publication is even more wonderful. The magical and lyrical and sometimes haunting paintings are all very memorable - rather beautiful to contemplate upon.
Truly, there are fascinating pieces of art in here.
This artist will sweep you away with his craft.
Truly, there are fascinating pieces of art in here.
This artist will sweep you away with his craft.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great Art. Great Prints. Great Price.
20 Aug 2009
Format:Paperback
Kindling is also the name of the exhibition James Jean held earlier in 2009. This poster book contains a selection of those works. They are all personal, non-commissioned pieces.
The book itself is pretty big at about 20 inches diagonal. There are 12 high quality prints on white cardboard, each easily detachable. I guess this format is chosen so that people can frame them or just paste them on walls.
Speaking of framing artwork, I met a guy who had a gallery of James Jean art at his home. This was while we were sitting on the floor queuing for the James Jean panel at San Diego Comic Con 2009. Seeing the copy of Kindling in my hand, he asked which was my favourite piece, and proceeded to show me his gallery on his iPhone. Now that's what I call a James Jean collector!
My favourite piece is the one with the butterfly head doing makeup in from of the mirror. That's the kind of style I like about his art -- mixing unworldly imagination with fine art. This is perhaps what makes his work so unique. He has won six Eisner Awards for the best cover artist from 2004 to 2009. That's every year consecutively. It's an amazing achievement considering how many great artists are out there.
This book is a worthy collection for any collector. My recommendation is to get it now before it goes out of print, like many of his older books.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
The book itself is pretty big at about 20 inches diagonal. There are 12 high quality prints on white cardboard, each easily detachable. I guess this format is chosen so that people can frame them or just paste them on walls.
Speaking of framing artwork, I met a guy who had a gallery of James Jean art at his home. This was while we were sitting on the floor queuing for the James Jean panel at San Diego Comic Con 2009. Seeing the copy of Kindling in my hand, he asked which was my favourite piece, and proceeded to show me his gallery on his iPhone. Now that's what I call a James Jean collector!
My favourite piece is the one with the butterfly head doing makeup in from of the mirror. That's the kind of style I like about his art -- mixing unworldly imagination with fine art. This is perhaps what makes his work so unique. He has won six Eisner Awards for the best cover artist from 2004 to 2009. That's every year consecutively. It's an amazing achievement considering how many great artists are out there.
This book is a worthy collection for any collector. My recommendation is to get it now before it goes out of print, like many of his older books.
(More pictures are available on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
A Beautiful Representation
21 Sep 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
These prints from James Jean's show of the same name are outstanding examples of his fine art. I was already a fan and these only solidify it more so. They are large (12x16) and sturdy prints. Worth way more than the asking price. 5 stars easily.
Gorgeous prints, nice and large!
16 May 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have long admired James Jean's work and had discovered it when I received a book of postcards of his work as a gift. I've always wanted to purchase a print but they can be so pricey at times. This book was perfect. The prints are relatively large, perfect to frame. But be forewarned: though my book was packaged in cardboard, I had still received it with a dent in the corner from shipping.
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