| Notes: First Edition. 2008. Jenkintown Press, Philadelphia: PA. Very Good. Unmarked. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver lettering, small top bump. Dust jacket very good with light edge & shelf wear and one small corner tear. Binding solid & square. 125 pp with index; 11.5 × 11.5 in. Lovely full-color gloss pages. Illustrated surrealist art monograph featuring works by Robert Deyber. Collectible out-of-print edition for art & design collectors, increasingly hard to find. Robert Deyber’s surreal art book with full-color plates & witty visual idioms. First edition hardcover monograph for collectors & contemporary art enthusiasts. Ships in box, well packed. Signature Required Upon Delivery. Ships from the USA, quickly & with care. |
| Description: There are artists who make you think and there are artists who make you smile. There are artists who entrance you with stories and others who have a feeling for color, texture and form. Finding one artist with all those talents, however, is almost impossible. Meet that rarity: Robert Deyber, a brilliant painter who until recently has been one of the best-kept secrets in contemporary art. Robert Deyber's artwork is full of surprises. Every canvas revels in the artist's sense of humor, each painting a visual rendering of a clever turn on a common phrase. Despite his humorous nature, however, Robert Deyber is a seriously skilled painter. He is endlessly intrigued by visual imaginings that reside in the realm between reality and fantasy, and he is clearly able to render these imaginings brilliantly. His artwork is highly narrative in nature; his paintings convey an almost dream-like quality to the bemused viewer. Robert Deyber moves in and out of visual themes and story lines. Compelled to create imagery where he uses a combination of highly stylized composition, light and contrasting colors, his goal is to apply all three skillfully, thereby drawing the viewer into his paintings without overpowering or confusing. Trying to explain the Robert Deyber artistry, you search |