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Baseman's paintings reflect an oozing, sexual frenzy and driping, cream-filled energy. This large-format hardcover collector's edition features beautiful reproductions of Baseman's nude studies in mixed media and his paintings such as Dripping with Desire, Dying of Thirst, The Battlefield of Glory and Desire, and Madonna and the Chou Chou. Baseman blurs the line between toy culture and fine art with his strong iconic images.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50739445367057,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50739445924113,"sku":"CIN0867196920G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00A2R1SBG.jpg?v=1750947664"},{"product_id":"gary-baseman-book-gary-baseman-9780847840472","title":"Gary Baseman","description":"This catalogue to the first museum retrospective of Gary Baseman’s extraordinary work explores the very personal world of a unique American artist.  Gary Baseman has been an avid artist since childhood, his visual vernacular defined by his Jewish upbringing in the multicultural landscape of Los Angeles and by the popular forms of television, films, games, toys, and cartoons from the 1930s to the present day. With The Door Is Always Open, the Skirball Cultural Center presents the first major retrospective of Baseman’s career to date, exhibiting the artist’s work and personal artifacts within the compelling and novel conceit of a home within a gallery. The show is designed to resemble a tour of a house, at once highlighting the intensely personal nature of Baseman’s work (and reflecting the locality of his influences) and drawing attention to the effortless but deliberate movement between disciplines and boundaries inherent in his art. This beautifully illustrated catalogue follows the structure of the exhibition and brings to it a wealth of material to present a comprehensive survey of Baseman’s work across all media, from his early editorial illustration work to his expansive and character-based paintings, his poignant animations to his tragicomic films and photography, and from his coveted sculptures and vinyl toys to the closely guarded personal collection of the objects that inspired it all.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50978641215761,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50978641772817,"sku":"CIN0847840476G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0847840476.jpg?v=1751296916"},{"product_id":"mighty-paw-book-gary-baseman-9781955125635","title":"The Mighty Paw","description":"The last cat on Earth, Blackie the Cat, survives in a land dominated by his great adversaries, the Red Elifants. One day he can no longer handle seeing his ancestors worn as trophies, and cruel words push him to commit an act that changes his life forever. A story of persistence and the myths passed down over generations, The Mighty Paw shares a tale of two opposing sides and how the Age of the Great Hate began. Sometimes, only in the most desperate of times, does healing and kindness finally arrive. Blackie the Cat (2003-2020) was the longtime creative collaborator and feline companion of artist Gary Baseman. Known for his 'Power of Purr' and 'Gift of Gab', Blackie the Cat was the inspiration for Baseman's iconic characters ChouChou and Ahwroo. He co-created The Purr Room in 2019, a sound bath installation that features Blackie's triple purr, shared with thousands in the USA, UK, and China since. 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With a focus on disposable lives, his memoir calls into question traditional views of family and home and asks us to imagine the freedom of lives lived on the delicate line between what can, and cannot, be.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":53613188743441,"sku":"NGR9798337405513","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798337405513.jpg?v=1780316784"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-gary-baseman.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}