Isabel Samaras's quirky, sexy, pop-surrealist art has had a cult following for yearsand now at long last her first monograph, On Tender Hooks, is here. Drawing her influence from classic TV shows and paintings by the Old Mastersfor example riffing on Gricault's Raft of the Medusa by replacing the figures with characters from Gilligan's IslandSamaras has created a witty, erotic, and surreal body of work. This fresh and dazzling volume includes a three-way interview between Samaras and fellow low-brow artists Shag and The Pizz, as well as delightful and enlightening commentary from gallerist Justin Giarla and art writer Colin Berry, and an erotic short story by Lucy Blue.

On Tender Hooks: The Art of Isabel Samaras

Arts & Photography

Shag

Blue, Lucy

Giarla, Justin

The Pizz

Individual Artists

Chronicle Books+

Shag is a leading light in contemporary hip art. Blending cartoon, tiki, and vintage illustrative sensibilities, Shag has garnered the attention of a legion of devoted fans and collectors who will delight in this new collection of his work. Shag's art looks back on the pop culture of the mid 20th century and blends it with a dose of modern irony, humor, and joy. An acolyte of Exotica, Tiki Culture, and cartoon illustration, Shag's work first looks retro, but on closer inspection is seen to be a loving exploration of the popular subconscious. This is the softcover edition.

ART OF SHAG: BOTTOMLESS COCKTAIL

Last Gasp

Shag is a leading light in contemporary hip art. Blending cartoon, tiki, and vintage illustrative sensibilities, Shag has garnered the attention of a legion of devoted fans and collectors who will delight in this new collection of his work. Shag's art looks back on the pop culture of the mid 20th century and blends it with a dose of modern irony, humor, and joy. An acolyte of Exotica, Tiki Culture, and cartoon illustration, Shag's work first looks retro, but on closer inspection is seen to be a loving exploration of the popular subconscious. This is the softcover edition.

Art of the Shag Bottomless Cocktail

Graphic Design

Last Gasp of San Francisco

For almost a decade, the radical art group Flame Rite has been producing Zippo lighters featuring the work of prominent comic artists. These "miniature billboards" that normally display a corporate logo have been reinvented as witty pop-art confections. Charles Burns’s ominous Smoking Skull, Daniel Clowes’s creepy-comic Eightball, Big Daddy Roth’s wacky Rat Fink, the fabulous retroisms of Niagara’s All Girls Are Bad and Shag’s Ooguh Booguh — all these and more (130 total) are on lurid display. The book includes the work of more than 30 prominent artists including R. Crumb, Daniel Clowes, and Shag, exclusive, previously unpublished art from 20 artists in the Flame Rite lineup, and every "metal canvas" that Flame Rite Zippo produced, featuring rare and out-of-print models.

Scorched Art: The Incendiary Aesthetic of FlameRite Zippos

Tom Hazelmyer

Coop

R. CRUMB

Daniel Clowes

Comics & Graphic Novels

Feral House

The original edition of this book has become highly treasured and sought after this new edition will appeal to both newcomers to Shag and loyal followers. Readers with the original edition will enjoy this expanded edition with 50% brand new content. Shag is the artist name for Josh Agle an artist working out of California with an incredibly loyal following worldwide. Shag is an artist with a strong love of enigmatic narratives, mid-century design &amp; illustration and extremely bright, inimitable renderings. This new edition of Shag s Supersonic Swingers comes more than 10 years after its original publication. Fully revised and significantly expanded with more hip shaking, cocktail hour goodness. A sharp, graphic tour around the world with the art of Shag, this is an eye popping collection of old and new paintings all exuding a Man Men era sense of style and attitude. Expect a great selection of artworks traversing Shag s depictions of many world destinations (both old and new), a glimpse at Shag s collection of souvenirs from his jetset days and a wonderful cocktail world map that evokes the best of mid-century travel aesthetic. This expanded edition features greatly enhanced reproductions, an updated interview between Shag and Martin McIntosh, photographs of the artist s home and studio, and updated bylines and quips with each painting.

Supersonic Swingers: New Works by Shag

Outre Gallery Pr

Supersonic Swingers Limited Edition

Outre Gallery

by Shag Shag: A to Z presents, quite simply, 26 original paintings corresponding to the letters of the alphabet. Each painting is accompanied by a short verse extolling the pleasures of a hedonistic lifestyle and the virtues of overindulgence. Shag has spent the last decade creating a body of work based on his idiomatic aesthetic preferences, a world of mid-20th-century modern architecture and design, populated by hedonists, supplicants, and indifferent women.

Shag: A-Z: A BLAB! Storybook

Graphic Novels

Fantagraphics Books

Dark Horse Deluxe Stationery Exotique: Shag's Supersonic

Dark Horse

Dark Horse Deluxe Stationery Exotique: Shag's Tiki

Dark Horse Deluxe Stationery Exotique: Shag's Dangerous Women

Dark Horse Deluxe Stationery Exotique: Shag's Dangerous Women

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