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Ziff, Trisha
Che Guevara: Revolutionary & Icon
New York Abrams Image 2006 0810957183 / 9780810957183 First Edition, First Printing Soft Cover Very Good
128 pp., illus., biblio., filmography; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Superficial printing imperfection: Slight wrinkle on the laminate/front cover, else fine. Examines the deification and commodification of Che Guevara. Like Grant Wood's American Gothic, Alberto Korda's photograph of the South American revolution has been a cliched image. "A dazzling visual survey of Che as a cultural icon. An iconic photo of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara was taken in 1960 that is now thought to be the most reproduced image in the history of photography. What comes to mind when you see this picture? Most likely words like 'revolution' and 'hero'; or ideas like antiestablishment and freedom. But would you think about vodka? Che Guevara is a revealing look at the incredibly varied ways the photo and Che himself have been appropriated. From Che Gay T-shirts to psychedelic posters, tattoos to Warholesque fine art, ads for booze to photographs by Annie Lebowitz, this ever-present image has taken Che from heroic guerilla through Pop celebrity to a symbol of radical chic. The image has become an ideal of abstraction, and Che Guevara vividly demonstrates that the diverse ways in which it has been used can tell us quite a lot about our culture and ourselves. / Trisha Ziff has curated exhibits throughout Europe, the United States, and Mexico, including, 'Revolution and Commerce: The Legacy of Korda's Portrait of Che Guevara.' She is a Guggenheim scholar and is currently completing her Ph.D. at the Metropolitan University of London." - Publisher.
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39.95 USD
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