What I have here is a 16x SIGNED "The Art of Tiki" book by Sven Kirsten
and Otto von Stroheim. 2017 Hardcover release from Last Gasp Publishing.
200 pages, 9" x 0.75" x 11" in size and is 3.5 pounds. Like new mint condition.
Super rare and highly collectible.
All 16 (sixteen) signatures were obtained by me in 2017 at La luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, Ca.
to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of "The Tiki Art Exposition" at the same gallery.
This book was published and is in conjunction with that show.
No signatures are personalized and some have doodles with them.
Signatures include the following:
Authors: Sven Kirsten and Otto von Stroheim
Artists: Shag, Crazy Al Evans, Andrew Brandou, Big Toe, Bosko, Dale Sizer,
Danielle Mann, Doug Home, Eric October, Ken Ruzic, Michael Uhlenkott,
Mookie Sato and Susannah "Atomikitty" Mosher.
Historian, Author & Collector: CJ Cook.
Will make a nice addition to any Tiki, Shag, Polynesian art or art book collection.
Please feel free to email me with questions or would like to request additional photos.
About the Book:
"The Art of Tiki" is a passionate study of the Tiki idol as an art form. For the first time, contemporary Tiki art is united and presented equally with what inspired it, original mid-century Polynesian pop. Author Sven Kirsten combines his first-hand experiences in exploring the birth of Tiki style with his intimate knowledge of the Tiki Revival, painting a vivid, visually arresting portrait of a unique, always new art genre.
About the Authors:
Sven was born in the the German port town of Hamburg in 1955. He emigrated to California in 1980 to study at the San Francisco Art Institute and the American Film Institute. It was this love for visuals that inspired Sven to collect and photograph the remnants of the forgotten culture of Polynesian pop in America, leading him to identify the Tiki as its icon. His three books on the subject put Tiki firmly on the map of American pop culture, and are regarded as the standard works on the style.
Otto von Stroheim was born and raised in Los Angeles, never more than a short car ride away from Tiki Restaurants, Disneyland and the beach. In January of 1995 Otto launched the zine Tiki News to network with the then-tiny Tiki community. He co-curated the first-ever group Tiki Art show at La Luz Gallery in 1996 and is credited with giving Shag his first solo show. He has published seventeen issues of his Zine, written liner notes for Exotica music reissues, introductions to books, and magazine articles. He also curated three Tiki Art Now! exhibits accompanied by book-sized catalogs.
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