Surf, skate & rock art of Jim Phillips : 40 years of surf, skate, and rock art.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Jim (James L.), 1944-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phillips, Jim (James L.), 1944---Catalogs.

Phillips, Jim.

Phillips, Jim (James L.), 1944-.

Psychedelic art--Catalogs.

Psychedelic art.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Surf, skate and rock art of Jim Phillips

Place of Publication:

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Road, [2004]

Summary:

Thousands of artistic graphic illustrations, from motorcycles to health food and including rock posters, surf, and skateboard art, jump off these pages. Bold and dynamic "bad boy" and "hippie" themes in bright and startling colors command your attention to the incredible detail included. Jim Phillips delights in original imagery to convey his unique reflections of the popular world. Since 1962, he has published award-winning graphic designs for cartoons, skateboards, t-shirts, stickers, rock posters, and ad art. The works assembled for this book, from collections world-wide, represent over fifty years of creativity and document the powerful youth movement in America.

Contents:

Energized: 1944 to 1961: some portraits from the young man as a promising artist

On the road: 1961 to 1969: childhood to manhood, Santa Cruz to Mexico to Florida

Rolling: 1970 to1977: roots of skateboarding

The roaring 80s: 1979 to1989: screaming icons of infamy

Back to the future: 1989 to 2002: Jimmy rocks digital

Jim Phillips, Jr.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has self-addressed postcard laid in.

ISBN:

0764319272 :

9780764319273

OCLC:

55729945