Raymond Pettibon

Download or read book Raymond Pettibon written by Raymond Pettibon and published by Philadelphia Museum of Art. This book was released on 1998 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Pettibon is famed for the breadth and depth of his reading: his art draws on it (excuse pun) at every turn. This anthology of Pettibon's favorite authors assembles an eclectic mix, from Charles Baudelaire to Borges, and Charles Manson to Mickey Spillane. Pettibon's choice of literary resources opens up interesting angles on his work, and his transformation of those resources is fascinating. "There is something in my storyteller's art that wants to put the reader and the writer on equal footing in the role of the creator," Pettibon says; the Pettibon Readerassists his fans in that endeavor.