December 11: Jay Ryan & Paul Hornschemeier Book Release / Signing @ Goodfoot
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ANIMALS & OBJECTS IN AND OUT OF WATER: Posters by Jay Ryan, 2006—2008
With a foreword by Andrew Bird and an essay by Joe Meno
$22.95, 150 pages w/140 color illustrations, ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-92-7
Pub. date: December 2009, A Trade Paperback Original, Art/Popular Culture
*Author events TBA
The second book from the iconic Chicago underground poster artist.
Critical praise for Jay Ryan's 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels:
“Jay Ryan's decade of rock-postering has produced some superb and arresting work . . . I cannot think of a better visual advertisement for underground rock: posters that are wild, articulate, and well made; posters with both a heart and a brain.” –PopMatters
“Not only a gorgeous catalog of the artist's many memorable posters, but a history of sorts of the Chicago underground rock scene in the last 15 years.” –Chicago Sun-Times
“Jay Ryan takes the germ of an idea and makes it uniquely great. His genius is in knowing what matters and what doesn't . . . His genius is in having the image matter.” –Steve Albini
Chicago postermaker Jay Ryan has been busy since the 2005 release of his book 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels (Akashic/Punk Planet Books), a collection of his favorite prints from the first decade of his work. Since the release of that book, he has honed his craft–continuing without the use of computers, and screen-printing the work in his shop called the Bird Machine—for bands such as the Melvins, the Shins, Modest Mouse, Andrew Bird, Shellac, My Morning Jacket, the Decemberists, Low, Built to Spill, Tortoise, and hundreds of others.
This book features 120 of Jay Ryan's favorite pieces of art from the last three years, including text about each of the prints, detail photos (shot at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago), and original drawings. With a foreword by Andrew Bird and an essay by best-selling novelist Joe Meno (Hairstyles of the Damned), this volume solidifies Jay's position as one of the most unique postermakers in a thriving and exciting field.
Jay Ryan has been making screen-printed concert posters in Chicago since 1995. Known for his hand-drawn type, humorous animal subjects, and muted color selections, he has worked for thousands of rock bands, as well as clients like Patagonia clothing, Converse shoes, Burton Snowboards, and the BBC. His first book, 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels, published in 2005 on the Punk Planet imprint of Akashic Books, is now in its third printing. When he's not playing bass in his band Dianogah, Jay lectures students and shows his prints at universities and galleries across the U.S. and Europe.
Also available:
100 Posters, 134 Squirrels by Jay Ryan, $21, A Trade Paperback Original, ISBN-13: 978-1-888451-93-1
