Hardback, colour and black and white illustrations, 142 pages, W195mm x H285mm
Funny Cuts
takes Pop Art's revolutionary referencing
of comics as its point of departure and concludes with the most current trends in contemporary
art, reflecting in diverse ways its dialogue with the commercial
and trivial picture worlds of comics and cartoons.
Pop Art artists like
Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were ground-breaking in their
provocative confrontation with high and low art using motifs and
references from popular comics. In the 1970s, American comics dealt
with taboo subjects like sexuality and violence - here, for the first
time, the subversive potential and the psychological content of comic
worlds were used creatively in fine art.
Numerous images are presented from roughly 100 artists, visually demonstrating the various ways in which comics have become
a form of high art.