[2009-03-01] Alan Aldridge "The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art Of Alan Aldridge" hardcover book

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:09 pm

From Publishers Weekly
Mr. Love Pants, the Gnole and England's Conservative cabinet led by Ted Heath have one thing in common: they provided fertile ground for the bizarre imagination and singular artistic sensibility of British artist Alan Aldridge. This book showcases both Aldridge's art and his larger-than-life personality. Aldridge lied his way into his first job, but eventually became the fiction cover art director for Penguin Books. But it was his concept to illustrate the lyrics of the Beatles that sent his career into the stratosphere. Vignettes from a charmed life crawl their way through 421 four-color illustrations—a mélange of psychedelic album covers, racy advertisements, boisterous children's books and memorable logos. In a series of brief autobiographical sermons, Aldridge describes extraordinary encounters with every kind of prophet, from Paul McCartney to an Indian guru. In one particularly vivid tale, Salvador Dalí challenges him to a drawing duel in an airport bar. The book's cacophonous design complements Aldridge's wildest creations and is suitably constructed to inspire newly minted designers, wannabe pop-art apprentices and fans of psychedelia. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description
Over the course of his 40-year career, Alan Aldridge has been the design guru for the Beatles; a designer of gigs and album covers for the Rolling Stones, Elton John, the Who, Cream, and Led Zeppelin; the target of police prosecution for his notorious Chelsea Girls poster; the author of the bestselling children's book The Butterfly Ball; and a graphic designer for the Hard Rock Cafe, the House of Blues, and the New York Times.

Here is the definitive visual survey of the art of Alan Aldridge, whose signature style came to define the Psychedelic Era for a generation, and for generations to come. The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes charts Aldridge's extraordinary life with extraordinary images, giving the complete portrait of a graphic genius who fully expressed the spirit of his time.

Brimming with the very best tripped-out, pulsating illustrations and designs culled from all corners of his varied body of work, the resulting visual feat will astonish and delight fans of all ages.

About The Author
Alan Aldridge was raised in London's East End. His inimitable and unmistakable work is widely regarded as the main exponent of psychedelic graphic style. Among his bestselling publications are The Pengiun Book of Comics; The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics; The Butterfly Ball; and The Gnole, a novel. He is a double Grammy and Emmy nominee and now lives in Los Angeles.

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[2009-03-01] Alan Aldridge "The Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art Of Alan Aldridge" hardcover book

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