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Rapture of the deep : the art of Ray Troll / with an introduction by Brad Matsen and commentary by the artist ; foreword by David James Duncan

By:

Troll, Ray, , 1954-

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press , c2004.Description: iv, 133 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:

9780520239470

Other title:

Art of Ray Troll

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

760.92 TRO

LOC classification:

N6537.T69 A4 2004

Contents:

The art of Ray Troll -- Alaska -- Stream of consciousness -- Dancing to the fossil record -- Fish storm on the Amazon -- Sharks and their relatives.

Summary: Alaska artist Troll´s knack for making intricate, playful drawings of all things fishy has led to an empire of books, magazine illustrations, museum shows, gallery displays and decorated t-shirts. This large-sized, full-color volume presents an overview of Troll´s drawings, complete with commentary by the artist. Some of the pieces are amusingly tongue-in-cheek (Rebel with a Cod, Weapons of Bass Destruction,The Lucky Fish Gets the Cheeseburger), while others are beautifully surrealistic. But the most impressive are his grandly composed fish-scapes (Fishes of the Amazon, Bottom Fish of the North Pacific, A Ratfish Called Troll), in which layers of perfectly-detailed fish are arranged into brilliant panoramas. Matsen´s lively introduction provides lots of useful information about Troll´s life and aesthetic leanings.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	760.92 TRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026460

The art of Ray Troll -- Alaska -- Stream of consciousness -- Dancing to the fossil record -- Fish storm on the Amazon -- Sharks and their relatives.

Alaska artist Troll´s knack for making intricate, playful drawings of all things fishy has led to an empire of books, magazine illustrations, museum shows, gallery displays and decorated t-shirts. This large-sized, full-color volume presents an overview of Troll´s drawings, complete with commentary by the artist. Some of the pieces are amusingly tongue-in-cheek (Rebel with a Cod, Weapons of Bass Destruction,The Lucky Fish Gets the Cheeseburger), while others are beautifully surrealistic. But the most impressive are his grandly composed fish-scapes (Fishes of the Amazon, Bottom Fish of the North Pacific, A Ratfish Called Troll), in which layers of perfectly-detailed fish are arranged into brilliant panoramas. Matsen´s lively introduction provides lots of useful information about Troll´s life and aesthetic leanings.

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