More more more / Peter Lyssiotis
- Bib ID:
- 6258025
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Lyssiotis, Peter, artist
- Description:
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- [Melbourne] : Masterthief, 2011
- 1 volume : illustrations ; 30 cm
- Summary:
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A comment on consumerism, constructed from the junk mail that the artist collected from his letterbox over a period of months. He then "began sifting through it, looking for the hooks that the corner takeaway, the multinationals, local tradesmen, and real estate agents use to make me their customer," but was struck with the advertisement's familiarity and lack of sophistication, relying on graphic design strategies and devices from the 1950s, the Golden Age of Advertising. Using only four basic functions of the photocopier - lighten, darken, enlarge and reduce - he isolated aspects of the ads and presented them simply on yellow paper, with gold paper for emphasis at the beginning and the end of this excursion down the "more more more" golden road of promise which will lead us to a cheaper, better world, once we liberate the cash from our wallets. (Adapted from the artist's statement)
- Notes:
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- Limited edition of 10 copies, plus 3 artists proofs.
- Accompanied by 2 pages typescript explanation.
- Library's SR copy is no. 7 and signed by the artist.
- Binding:
- Bound by by Wayne Stock in a stiff soft cover paper binding.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1946
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1937
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