EMEK: The Thinking Man's Poster Artist: Collected Works of Aaarght!

EMEK is my favorite show poster artist Bass In Your Face EMEK is my favorite show poster artist. His talent is second to none. I love this book and keep it out so when friends come by they can see all the amazing art he has done. It makes a great coffee table book as well. I would highly recommend this book to anyone that loves poster art or even art in general. You can't deny what a bad ass EMEK is. I hope I get to meet him one day.. Aaarght! It's outstanding! Electric Dave This is the book I've been looking forward to with great anticipation for the past few years. I thought there was no way it could live up to my high expectations but, and I guess I shouldn't be surprised by this considering the immense talents of EMEK, and it exceeded my expectations. It get's 5 stars from me in every wayquality, length, breath, size, price, information, imagination, and even tongue and cheek humor. It clearly shows the reader the reason why EMEK stands heads and shoulders over every current modern day gi. You cannot dream of how beautiful it is!!! I received this book as a used one, but as a "very good" condition.Basically, it is one of the best art books I've ever owned, with the respect of design, printing quality, etc. The pictures are so sharp and crispy. The book collects the most represented poster of EMEK.After reading this book, it affirmed myself that EMEK is one of my favorite artists!

He brings the same passionate intensity from his music posters to his protest art posters and illustrations for magazines such as Rolling Stone. The thinking man's poster artist his unique visual style has graced music posters on a diverse spectrum. Emek first hand draws, then silk screens multi- colored posters on paper, as well a experimenting with various mediums such as metal, glass and plastic, (he has even carved posters from stone!) for some of the music worlds brightest stars-- from B.B King to The Beastie Boys, The Flaming Lips to Bright Eyes-- in limited editions of around 300 copies often with complete creative license for their content. Poster artist Emek combines 60's counterculture psychedelia and 90's postindustrial iconography to create vibrant, visually stunning illustrations for rock concert posters and protest art. Collected together here for the first time is a retrospective of his rock n' roll art as well as his editorial illustration and protest posters showing his work in amazing detail.. Emek's work has received international praise and has been collected by the Rock n Roll hall of fame, and three of his posters are among Billboard magazine's Top 25 rock posters of all time