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Steampunk
Steampunk

Steampunk

The Art of Victorian Futurism

ART

176 Pages, 8.5 x 11

Cloth, $35.00 (US $35.00) (CA $38.95)

Publication Date: July 2011

ISBN 9781907621031

Rights: US & CA

Korero Books (Jul 2011)

Available from local and national retailers throughout the US.
 

Overview

A Jules Verne world of extraordinary visions and contraptions as celebrated by the top 30 artists in the genre

Steampunk is a resurgent art, cult, and lowbrow movement celebrating the romantic elegance of the Victorian era and blending in modern scientific advances—synthesizing imaginative technologies such as steam-driven robots, analog supercomputers, and ultramodern dirigibles. Celebrating the elegant and the strange, the visually arresting steampunk works collected here include sculpture, installations, graphics, bizarre oils, and mind-warping contraptions—from skull cameras to rocket-fueled diving bells. Featured artists include Tom Banwell, Wayne Martin Belger, Greg Brotherton, Frank Buchwald, Chris Conte, Doktor A., Eric Freitas, Dr. Grordbort, Stéphane Halleux, Mike Libby, Pierre Matter, Kevin Mowrer, Kazuhiko Nakamura, James Ng, Sam Van Olffen, Nozomu Shibata, Haru Suekichi, Brian Poor, and Daniel Proulx.

Reviews

"A brilliant introduction to this growing subgenre." —The Manhatten Mercury

"a gorgeous book, filled with imagination."—Blogcritics.org

"a fabulous collection."—San Francisco Chronicle

Author Biography

Jay Strongman is a legendary DJ and the author of Tiki Mugs. He has written for The Face, i-D, NME, The Observer, Record Mirror, Soul Underground, The Sunday Times, Tiki News, and Vogue. He lives in London and Los Angeles.