Here’s a sneak peek at the much-anticipated accompanying book for James Jean’s show, Kindling: New Works on Paper and Canvas, at the Jonathan Levine Gallery. The Kindling book contains 12 high-quality, removable prints in addition to process sketches and drawings from James Jean’s exhibition of the same title. It will be available from Chronicle Books in September 2009.
If you weren’t able to make it out, you can view all of the pieces here.
The Hallowed Seam: PR vol. 3 collects the sketches of renowned artist James Jean, who has documented his life in drawings and paintings. From beautiful figure drawings to experimental paintings, Jean demonstrates a keen eye for humanity and a virtuosic handling of any medium.
For those with a little extra cash ($199.99 to be exact), there’s also a limited 200 edition that includes a slipcase and signed and numbered giclee with foil embellishment. If you’re interested, please contact pitzer@adhousebooks.com to be put on the list.
Today—James Jean will be signing at the Giant Robot Booth 1729 at Comic-Con. Giclee prints will be available for sale during the signing.
As if that wasn’t enough, James Jean will also be signing advanced copies of his new postcard book, XOXO, at Comic-Con tomorrow, Saturday, July 26th, at the Chronicle Books Booth 1637 at 2:00pm. The book is a complete steal at only $9.95!
Wohoo, James Jean’s XOXO postcard book from Chronicle Books is finally available for pre-order! This book will feature some of James’s familiar pieces and some never before published pieces.
Check out his beautiful process! The softcover version of his book is in stores now in the States (I heard it was already released in Canada a while ago). It’s a stunning, oversized book (15″ x 11″) with 64 pages. Each page is essentially an art print, complete with crop marks, so you can trim it out, frame, hang, and admire it.
If your local comic shop doesn’t carry it, you can order it through Amazon or directly from Adhouse. I’ve heard rumor that Amazon’s stock is running low, so Adhouse may be your best bet.
I’ve long wanted to start posts on illustrators that inspire me. Mr. Jean is one of them. I apologize for the delay, I’ve been too busy/lazy to blog + I’ve been running into technical difficulties uploading images.
James Jean is known for distinctive, beautiful (+ sometimes surprisingly disturbing) illustration. Born in Taiwan, raised in Parsippany, NJ, + educated at SVA in NYC. He is currently living + working out of LA. James is mostly recognized in the comic community for his DC Covers (three consecutive Eisner awards, two Harvey awards, two gold medals and a silver from the Society of Illustrators of LA, + a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of NY) in addition to other work for Marvel, Dark Horse, + Fantagraphics. He also boasts an impressive commercial client list: Atlantic Records, Burton, ESPN, Rolling Stone, SPIN, NY Times, Nike, Playboy, Time Magazine, Wired, among others.
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