| Let the Kids Play Contributor(s): Paloscia, Pax (Author) |
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ISBN: 8888493204 ISBN-13: 9788888493206 Publisher: Drago OUR PRICE: $26.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2007 Annotation: Forming part of Dragos 36 Chambers series, this unusual art book displays a fresh naivet. It is the artists artistic diary of post-modern childhood. Through graffiti, drawings and photography Pax defines her universe the same way children play with the symbolic objects of their enchanted world. The influencing elements on her work are urban movements and street art. For Pax, the street is a free zone, crossed by urban nomads searching nonplaces to re-conquer. The book expresses the special intensity of human nature, a mix of pureness and honesty that children easily convey, and the unexpected irony hidden behind our everyday gestures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - Artists' Books - Art | Folk & Outsider Art - Art | Popular Culture |
| Series: 36 Chambers |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.98" W x 9.37" (0.72 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves." -Carl Jung In Let the Kids Play, Drago's 36 chambers series exalts the beauty and exuberance of youth as embodied by the renowned street artist, Pax Poloscia. The book is a reaction the cynicism and monotony of the adult world and a celebration of youthful creativity. "Through graffiti, drawings, photography, videos, Pax defines her universe in the same way children play with symbolic objects of their enchanted world: watching the sand flow between fingers. To let oneself float between reflections. To fall down without getting hurt. To stop and look at everything closely. To be able to be a thousand different things, to travel in impossible worlds. To feel free, protected, eternal and invincible." -Laura Lombardi |
Contributor Bio(s): Paloscia, Pax: - Born in Rome, 1974, Pax Paloscia, graduated from the Academy of Illustration and Image of Rome before moving to Milan at the age of 22 to work with a number of different advertising agencies, publishing houses, newspapers and magazines as a freelance artist. The elements most influencing her work are the urban movements and street art but photography remains her true obsession. Her Pax's work, influenced by street culture and the world of kids meant as a metaphor of the human condition, is a continuous contamination of languages, ranging from painting to photography, to videos. Her collaborations include: Rolling Stone, Urban, Enville, Sole24Ore, Feltrinelli, Enaudi, Mondadori, McCann Erickson, Leo Burnett, Saatchi and Saatchi, J. W. Thompson, Publicis, Ogilvy, IBM, Nike, Mazda, Omnitel, Findus, Levi's, Fnac and Mandarina Duck. In 2007 she graduated from International Center of Photography of New York. She is continuing her work as a freelance artist between both New York and Rome. |
