Morning Wood

Rating:
Summary: This book is insane!
Review: This is a massive collection of "alternative art". I can't recommend this book highly enough. It works as a reference for up and coming "outsider art", an inspirational tool for artists, or straight-up eye candy for your dome.
There's a strong connection between all of the art in the book even though the contributors come from diverse backgrounds. "Graduates from the school of graffiti" such as ESPO, SABER, & WISE are well represented, but there are also some fine photographers like Dave Schubert, Cynthia Connolly and Carlos Batts here too. On top of this there's a strong showing from a new crop of artists that don't really fit in to the the mainstream, but transcend the Juxtapoz definition of outsider art like Ben Woodward from Space 1026 in Philadelphia. A few old skool contributors like Ricky Powell, Jamie Reid and John Pound round out the collection nicely. 50 artists and bios, more than 300 pages, what's not to like...