Richard Kraft: Here Comes Kitty: A Comic Opera
- 作者
- 出版社 Siglio
- 出版时间 不详年
- ISBN 9781938221088
- 定价 328.90
内容简介
7 Inthiswildlyirreverentcollagenarrative，LosAngelesartistRichardKraftreassemblesapre-perestroikaeracomicaboutaPolishspyinfiltratingtheNazis，orchestratingamultiplicityofvoicesintojoyouscacophony.LikeanIndianminiaturepainting，eachcomicbookpageisdenselylayered，collapsingforegroundandbackground，breakingtheframeandmergingtime.AnenormouscastofcharactersemergesasKraftappropriatesimagesandtextsfromanextraordinaryvarietyofsources(theAmarChitraKathacomicsofHindumythology，JimmySwaggart'sOldandNewTestamentstories，the1960sEnglishfootballannualScorcher，undergroundporncomicslikeCherry，imagesfromarthistory，outdatedencyclopediasandmore).Kraftconstructsaworldconstantlyinflux，richwithdarkhumorandrevelatorynonsense.WriterDanielleDutton'ssetof16interpolationspunctuatethebookusingsimilarstrategiesofappropriationandjuxtapositiontocreatetextsthatsinginthesamearrestingregisterasKraft'scollages.HereComesKittyalsoincludesaconversationbetweenpoetAnnLauterbachandartistRichardKraft.
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