tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post5305787688493657109..comments2024-02-15T05:39:52.275-05:00Comments on A Journey Round My Skull: The Themersons and the Gaberbocchus PressWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-41350603594450500332009-01-08T06:44:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:44:00.000-05:00I think I may have finally reached that stage when...I think I may have finally reached that stage when I can no longer go on living with pride without having read the work of this Themerson fellow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-5185073422791160872009-01-07T20:13:00.000-05:002009-01-07T20:13:00.000-05:00Thanks Dan, I agree (now that you point it out). A...Thanks Dan, I agree (now that you point it out). <BR/><BR/>Also found -- Heller/Chwasts' <I>Illustration Today</I> features the Glaser Dylan image. They say, "...Glaser's famous 'Dylan Poster,' a harmonious marriage of a Persian miniature ornament and a Marcel Duchamp self-portrait, is a characteristic example of transmuting two conflicting historical references into a single work."Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05799869059793681283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2402275990823741920.post-35161908145503548882009-01-06T09:40:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:40:00.000-05:00A bit late, but it might be worth noting that the ...A bit late, but it might be worth noting that the Edmund Héafod cover is almost certainly a reference to Duchamp's self-portrait in profile from 1957? I'm sure something interesting's been done about the history of that piece - Ray Johnson & Jasper Johns made pieces reflecting on it. And <A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=q6KR1P5bVtYC&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=duchamp+silhouette+profile&source=web&ots=Hf_241PAv4&sig=7vEbmSpYGZBLOx0sh22idGWidws&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA286,M1" REL="nofollow">this</A> - pp. 286-7 of Design Literacy, ed. Steven Heller - suggests that Milton Glazer took the idea and turned it into a Bob Dylan <BR/>album cover?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com