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Project Statement
by J.Drucker
A pseudo-pulp novel in the form of a collaged multiple with all kinds of material from advice books, self-help, old medical manuals, and so on. The work is conceived as a take-off on these genre pieces.
The Return of the Liposuctioned Corpse: Love Letters to Madmen
Elissa Joy
Agents
Elissa Joy
type: initiating
role:
artist
author
Ian Phillips
type: other
role:
designer
Pas de Chance
type: initiating
role:
publisher
location: Toronto
Ralph Alfonso
type: other
role:
printer
Printed the section "We're Desperate Get Used To It"
Publication Information
publisher: pas de chance
dates:
publication: 1993-00-00
publication history: One edition only. [J.Drucker]
Aesthetic Profile
movement:
conceptual (AAT)
feminism (AAT)
popular culture (AAT)
subject:
comedy (AAT)
experimental fiction (LCSH)
Pulp romance.
themes: love, relationships, love letters, mementos [S.Muradi]
themes: Pulp romance is the theme as well as the genre being played with here. [J.Drucker]
content form:
graphic novel (AAT) Print and paste-in graphics
collage (local)
publication tradition:
artists' book (local)
inspiration: Pulp romance novels [J.Drucker]
related works: The Sara Ranchhouse series, some of Gary Richman's books, some of Susan Bee's work, and Gary Meres's Dead Man. [J.Drucker]
other influences: General postmodern feminist sensibility. [J.Drucker]
community: unknown [J.Drucker]
note: []
Exhibition Information
exhibition history:
reception history:
General Comments
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