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ARTIST Mike Dorsey
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EDITOR Miki Vialetto
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PAGES 303
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BINDING Hardcover
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SIZE 10" x 11.5"
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WEIGHT 3.3 lb
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CONTENT Color Paintings (300 Images)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if the rock band KISS put on a show in 18th-century Japan? Well, this mastery by world-renowned tattooer and painter Mike Dorsey creates a world steeped in the Japanese ukiyo-e period (featuring cultural traditions such as geisha, samurai, and kabuki theatre actors). It often twists them with an ironic wit into uniquely beautiful, striking, and often tongue-in-cheek images that include modern references such as the movie Spaceballs, Evel Knievel, and the rock band KISS.
"I suddenly realized that I hadn’t understood anything at all, and that each image has its own new story to tell, whether intriguing or morbid. Though dressed in the calm, elegant look of ukiyo-e, actually there was a whole new story to tell (...)," from the introduction by Miki Vialetto.