Worden - Loser Art

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Worden - Loser Art is written by Dennis Worden and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1986572773 (ISBN 10) and 9781986572774 (ISBN 13).

Artist Todd Schorr, writing in the art magazine, Juxtapoz, said Dennis Worden's body of work "displays one of the most unique artistic vocabularies around." "While his work bears the unmistakable stamp of cartoon and comic book influences, his paintings do not use any specific pop culture reference points. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Worden does not use imagery found in pop culture to interpret or play against; rather, he has invented a world of odd, logo like creatures straight out of his subconscious." Worden's art career started in 1981 as an underground cartoonist, getting published in Robert Crumb's "Weirdo" magazine and various punk rock fanzines. That was his main focus for next decade, putting out books such as SLUR, Stickboy, and Suburban Teens On Acid. He also was painting on the side, and selling the art to fans of his comics. In1994 he started focusing more on painting and got his first gallery show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, the premiere "lowbrow" art purveyor and all-round cool-as-hell place. He did many shows there, and in several other venues around the country. While his comic work is easily found, his paintings and other non-comic work are not. Finally all those years of art are available in book form. This collection spans a 40 + year timeline, including most of his gallery work, pre-gallery paintings, pre-comics oddities, painted mousetraps, block prints, recent wood carvings, and even a couple teenage paintings (it only includes a few comic examples). It's an amazing archive, dug from the deep dark depths of Worden's "shove it in a box" filing system. Enjoy.