B. Kliban’s vast body of playful, surreal irreverent free-form work is well overdue for re-discovery. An innovator who significantly expanded the realm of cartooning, Kliban inspired a generation with his no-limits approach. His numerous books – Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head, Whack Your Porcupine, Two Guys Fooling Around With the Moon among them – spread the Kliban vision far and wide, and put the term “Klibanesque” in the dictionary. His constructions – whether single-panel drawings (“Mental floss.”), multi-panel sequences (“Four Useless Motions”) or eight-panel image-poems (“Sheer Pottery”) – push fearlessly forward into unexplored territory. Welcome to his unique and compelling world.
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Linguist said, 3 months ago
An artist who believes in giving his patrons the bird !
win said, 3 months ago
A bird in the hand…
ossiningaling said, 3 months ago
Night vision.
LafInLarry
said, 3 months ago
It’s only a model.
An artist’s model
OldestandWisest said, 3 months ago
Haven’t you ever heard of putting the bird in a cage while you’re painting it? Much easier on both you and the bird. And then of course, releasing it back into nature when you’re done.
PoodleGroomer said, 3 months ago
It is so hard to get the facial expressions from the eyes and nose right.
mdalton
said, 3 months ago
Ever heard of auduboning? It involves killing a wild bird, putting it in a natural pose (or someone’s perception or a natural pose) and painting it in a natural setting as if it were alive.
You’ll never guess who made liberal use of the technique, which is what inspired bird lovers to name it in his honor.
boldyuma said, 3 months ago
Slim Whitman “Una Paloma Blanca?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd4Zy77fDpo
prider
said, 3 months ago
Brilliant!