Art Record Covers

Visual and music production have had a close relationship since modernism, with artists creating covers and records that reflect the styles of modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and contemporary art. This anthology showcases 500 covers and records by visual artists from the 1950s to today, exploring how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, post-modernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have informed this collateral field of visual production.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 08 May 2020
Publisher: Taschen GmbH

Since the dawn of modernism, the realms of visual and music production have forged an incredibly close bond, creating a rich tapestry of artistic expression. From Luigi Russolos 1913 Futurist manifesto, LArte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise), to Marcel Duchamps 1925 double-sided discs, Rotoreliefs, the 20th century witnessed an ever-more fruitful exchange between sounds, shapes, marks, and melodies, as well as diverse fields of composition and performance. In Francesco Spampinato's remarkable anthology of artists' record covers, we embark on a journey through the rhythm of this unique cultural history. The book showcases a staggering 500 covers and records created by visual artists spanning from the 1950s to the present, delving into how modernism, Pop Art, Conceptual Art, postmodernism, and various forms of contemporary art practice have shaped and influenced this collateral field of visual production.

Along the way, we encounter a myriad of iconic imagery, including Jean-Michel Basquiat's urban hieroglyphs for his own Tartown record label, Banksy's stenciled graffiti for Blur, Damien Hirst's symbolic skull for the Hours, and a skewered Salvador Dalí butterfly on Jackie Gleason's Lonesome Echo. Accompanying the covers are insightful analyses and fact sheets that provide detailed information about the artists, performers, album names, labels, release years, and the original artwork. Interviews with renowned artists such as Tauba Auerbach, Shepard Fairey, Kim Gordon, Christian Marclay, Albert Oehlen, and Raymond Pettibon offer personal perspectives on the collaborative relationship between artists and musicians, shedding light on the profound interplay between these two creative disciplines.

Weight: 3836g
Dimension: 302 x 300 x 45 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783836540292