There are a lot of cool things that can happen when you have your own lit blog. For example, you could post something about the artist Shepard Fairey and lament that one of his books was temporarily out of print. Then your mother might read that post and find a signed copy on the internets and hook you up for your birthday. That’s pretty cool.
I really have no idea how to review a large format retrospective book on an artist’s career. I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed reading Supply and Demand: The Art of Sheprard Fairey. I am a fan of guerilla art, and I’ve enjoyed Fairey’s art in particular for a long time. I was reminded that I had yet to post on this amazing book when I stumbled across across an article about Shepard Fairey’s work for the Obama campaign in Wired magazine. If you’ve seen those “Hope” posters, you know the guy I’m talking about.
This book also got me thinking that, for now at least, this is exactly the kind of book that the Amazon Kindle would fail miserably at translating. Large format art books may be the last refuge of print. If you enjoy this sort of thing, I highly recommend Supply and Demand for your coffee table.
Thanks, mom!