Illustrates weird, wonderful world of mexican pulp art. Mexican pulp art that awkward moment when you walk into a room and theres a lady covers in little green people. Termed pulp magazines because of the low quality paper used between the covers. Pulp fictionscience fiction booksfiction novelscyberpunkk dickclassic sci fi booksace bookssci fi novelsbook cover art. The riccomaresca gallery in new yorks chelsea recently hosted pulp drunk, an exhibition of mexican pulp covers. The hellions in 2020 pulp fiction book, pulp fiction. While some of you might be familiar with american pulp novels of that era, mexican artists and writers took their smut to the next level. Simultaneously, a similar type of book and marketing strategy was being developed in mexico. Mexican pulp art at riccomaresca gallery in chelsea, the lurid art created for paperbacks in the 1960s and 70s includes a cat man superhero surrounded by feral felines, a woman. Pdf mexican pulp art download full pdf book download. Pulp drunk exhibit celebrates the art of mexican pulp novel. Jun 30, 2017 the wolfsonian in miami beach is exploring pulp fiction cover art from the 1920s to 1950s, and the social issues embedded in the lurid imagery.
Mexican pulp art covers amaze with gorilla fights, bee women, luchador longings art the demented nun. Mexican pulp crime suspense original comic art 1978. Juxtapoz magazinesfatws longstanding favorite art magrecently posted sample images from a show called pulp drunk, running january 23 to march 7 at riccomaresca in new york, featuring art from mexican pulp publications. If you dig this stuff and you live in chicago, you really need to get over to uncle fun. Weird, bizarre, violent, sexual, perverse, and gruesomewith lots of booty.
A book was published a few years ago that collects many of these paintings, get it for a reasonable price on amazon here. Mexican pulp art by maria cristina tavera goodreads. Postwar america saw the rise of the erotic pulp paperbac. Mexican pulp art by maria cristina tavera, paperback. Mexican pulp crime suspense original comics art plus micro comic book. If youre under eighteen, or squeamish, or easily offended then theres nothing for you here, so kindly move along. The objective of these covers was to lure in potential buyers with the promise of sex, suspense and drama. Mexican pulp art by maria cristina tavera and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Jul, 2017 this entry was posted in books, forgotten book and tagged art, bobbette axelrod, friday forgotten book, hannes bok, j. Tyler had custom metal molds made to hold the multicolored pulp. Mexican pulp art looks somewhat like an illustration for the movie, dont be afraid of the dark guillermo del toro produced the remake. Pulp art mexican pulp art 20 pulp art, science fiction. The science fiction gallery mexican pulp art by aeron alfrey see more. Mexican pulp art at riccomaresca gallery in chelsea, the.
Ink the possibilities of paper pulp art21 magazine. Mexican pulp art is a collection of painted artwork that was used for the covers of various cheap throwaway fiction published in mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. Mexican pulp cover illustration art orozco tawa comic painting magazine. Amate paper paintings copal, mexican folk art at its best. Never before seen in an english or even spanishlanguage collection are the often. The lurid cover art of mexican pulp novels is a pop culture revelation.
Covers from various mexican comic book and paperbacks there are 3 pieces of art in this gallery. Pistachio, raspberry, fudge brownie 2004 by jonathan seliger offers up such a treat in an unexpected material paper pulp. The freakish fantasy art of mexican pulp paperbacks. While some of these lurid, pulp masterpieces bear the signatures of artists named delgadillo, dorantes, hezez, rarly, roberto, and zavala, most are unsigned, their creators lost to the brutal crush of eightday production cycles. Mexican pulp art from the collections of bobbette axelrod and ted frankel the lurid cover art of mexican pulp novels is a pop culture revelation. This entry was posted in books, forgotten book and tagged art, bobbette axelrod, friday forgotten book, hannes bok, j. The wolfsonian in miami beach is exploring pulp fiction cover art from the 1920s to 1950s, and the social issues embedded in the lurid imagery. Pulp drunk exhibit celebrates the art of mexican pulp. Mexican pulp art opening reception and holiday party friday, january at riccomaresca gallery.
Get the best deals on pulp art paintings when you shop the largest online selection at. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Mexican pulp art covers jerry mcgurfs original comic art. Mexican pulp art lurid pulp novel cover art 60s 70s etsy. During these hot days of summer, visions of ice cream, sand castles, and swimming pools abound. A close cousin of mexican bmovie lobby cards, mexican pulps were typically illustrated on their inside pages like american comic books or. This exhibition is a celebration of the art that graced the covers of the paperbacks released south of the us border yet also serves as a visual observation of the fundamentals of mexican attitudes towards art and. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. This art to me speaks to what has always been the bizarre and nightmarish though oddly beautiful nature of the mexican horror film. Pulp international assorted original art from mexican. Here, never before collected, are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, zorro, santo and many other icons from stories of. The taschen book mexican pulp art is comprised of pieces from ted frankels collection. These artists produced work for mexican comic books and pulp magazines during the fifties, sixties, and seventies. Details about mexican pulp crime suspense original comic art 1978 complete story 92 pages.
They are original works of comic book art made in mexico in the 1970s. Pulp international assorted original art from mexican crime. The lurid cover art of mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revela. Mens adventure magazines, the postwar pulps, and voluptuous panic. The explicitly gory and gruesome covers for mexican comic. Get the best deals on pulp art paintings when you shop the. A medium that is well suited to the season wet, messy, and playful paper pulp can be used for more than making paper. This is the cover to issue 175 hard habit to break there are a ton of original mexican pulp art paintings for sale at the american visionary art museum here in baltimore.
Americana multi surface satin paint, decoart, e6000 glue, loteria crafts, make your mark, mark montano, mexican folk art, mexican tin. Mexican pulp art, an exhibition of original paintings made for the covers of paperback novels of the 1960s and 70s, is a hoot. Books go search best sellers gift ideas new releases deals store. However, despite the popularity of the format and of comics in general in mexico, little is known about the artists who created the covers, a situation analogous to many pulp paperback cover artists in the us. It is one of the many sensacionales magazines produced in the country which feature explicitly illustrated tales of murder, torture, crime, and horror.
Mexican pulp art reintroduces this art form to public as a brilliant and often overlooked popculture revelation. See more ideas about comics, mexican and pulp fiction art. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. John, margaret brundage, mexican pop art, mexican pulp magazines, mexico, norman saunders, patti abbott, pulp art, pulp covers, pulp fiction, rafael desoto, ted frankel by sanford. This months exhibit is made up of original cover art from some of the strangest mexican comic books we could find.
Ballsy, bizarre and a little bit racy, these mexican pulp fiction book covers are fantastic fun and epitomise our need for a bit of weird. Mexican pulp art george hagenauers original comic art. The paintings featured on the covers, a space was left at the top for the book or magazines title and menu of contents. The hardboiled detective and science fiction genres were created by the freedom that the pulp fiction magazines provided. Mexican pulp art by maria cristina tavera matt forney. Aron packer, fine art specialist, toomey and co there is the background color and then, like, three or four elements of contrast to make your jaw drop a little bit. May 01, 2007 the lurid cover art of mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revelation. The worst nightmares, represented in fabulous illustrations. At the same time that the us was perfecting the art of the pulp book cover, the same thing was happening in mexico. Arte horror horror art horror comics creepy comics vintage horror cecile weird creatures vintage comics vintage art. Virtually all of the artwork deals with outre subject matter and was painted by artists who were somewhat less polished than their american pulp counterparts. The fantastical pulp art of 1960s and 70s mexico hyperallergic. Mexican pulp art reintroduces this art form to public as a. Mexican pulp art features some of the most striking paintings collected by sister funs bobbette axelrod and american visionary art museum sideshows ted frankel.
Mexican pulp art joins feral houses awardwinning collections of pop culture history sinarama. We have a minicollection today of art pieces with floating heads. Postwar america saw the rise of the erotic pulp paperback novel covers. Jan 01, 2012 the taschen book mexican pulp art is comprised of pieces from ted frankels collection. Pulp fiction is a term used to describe a huge amount of creative writing available to the american public in the early nineteenhundreds.
It was here that david hockney, entranced by tylers backyard pool, created paper pools 1978, one of the landmarks in paper pulp art. Mexican pulp art available for download and read online in other formats. Anyway, he had a beastlike makeup and to a little kid it was a real frightfest. Here, never before collected, are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, zorro, santo and many other icons from stories of suspense, mystery, romance and the supernatural. Download now the lurid cover art of mexican pulp novels are a pop culture revelation. Mexican pulp art covers jerry mcgurfs original comic. They are published in huge numbers as roughly squareshaped digests, about 96 pages long, in a. Mexican pulp art by may 1, 2007 paperback 1st edition on. The only genre to survive, and even thrive, was a unique form of adult pulp comics. Never before seen in an english or even spanishlanguage collection are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, zorro, santo, and many other icons from stories involving suspense, mystery, romance, and the supernatural. Ted started uncle fun here in chicago, and just this week, while i was there, they had a hefty stack of the original cover paintings for sale.
Fantastically kitsch mexican pulp paperback covers its nice that. The introduction by maria cristina tavera contextualizes these artifacts unearthed from a defunct publishing company and its forgotten but inspired workforhire artists. Never before seen in an english or even spanishlanguage collection are these surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs. Mexican pulp art is a great book full of lurid paintings from mexican comics. Never before seen in an english or even spanishlanguage collection are the often surreal and psychedelic images of extraterrestrials, robots, dinosaurs, dastardly killers, zorro, santo, and many other icons from stories. Noir hardboiled paperback book cover art joseph fallat c. This exhibition is a celebration of the art that graced the covers of the paperbacks released south of the us border yet also serves as a visual observation of the fundamentals of mexican attitudes towards art and consumerism. The amate paper paintings are a folk art style that combines the paper crafting from san pablito in puebla and the painting from the mezcala region on the rio balsas basin in guerrero. In mexican comic book art of the 1980s, which is a subset of modern pulp weve documented before, a motif that recurred was the looming head.
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