{"product_id":"the-high-fidelity-art-of-jim-flora-paperback-by-irwin-chusid","title":"The High Fidelity Art Of Jim Flora Paperback by Irwin Chusid","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-09-07)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e180\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606996553\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Jim Flora record album art-themed collection, which includes rare, previously unavailable material.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the 2004 publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Mischievous Art of Jim Flora\u003c\/i\u003e, the once-forgotten illustrator has gained recognition as one of the foremost pioneers of a raucous, cartoonish style of commercial art that defines the Mid-Century aesthetic. Two follow-up volumes, \u003ci\u003eThe Curiously Sinister Art\u003c\/i\u003e… (2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Sweetly Diabolic Art\u003c\/i\u003e… (2009), captured Flora’s largely unseen fine art works, spotlighting a variety of themes such as architecture, cats and dogs, science, cars, trains—and the occasional swerve toward gratuitous violence. But one of Flora’s sustaining loves was music. His 1940s Columbia and 1950s RCA Victor record covers, in which legendary musicians were routinely afflicted with mutant skin tints and bonus limbs, are considered classics of outlandish post-Cubist caricature. During this period Flora also produced an enormous amount of promotional ephemera, including new release monthlies, trade booklets, ads, and point-of-sale novelties. The now out-of-print \u003ci\u003eMischievous Art\u003c\/i\u003e featured Flora’s known album covers. (No complete discography existed.) Since that book’s publication, more covers have been found, as well as rough drafts and unused designs. So Flora co-archivists\/authors Irwin Chusid and Barbara Economon have compiled a complete collection of Flora covers (including recent discoveries) and unpublished sketches in one volume, augmented by music images not included in previous volumes. \u003ci\u003eThe High Fidelity Art of Jim Flora\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive anthology of the maestro’s visual compositions, reflecting jazz, classical, and Latin music. Regarding his jam-packed canvases Flora once said he “couldn’t stand a static space.” There’s nothing static about the images in \u003ci\u003eThe High Fidelity Art\u003c\/i\u003e: they wail, dance, bounce, and swing from the chandeliers. Flora had a knack for grooving with a paintbrush, making art to which you can tap your toes and snap your fingers.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrwin Chusid \u003c\/b\u003eis a journalist, music historian, radio personality and self-described “landmark preservationist\" based in Hoboken, NJ. Since 1975, Chusid has been a DJ on free-form radio station WFMU in New Jersey and he is the author of \u003ci\u003eSongs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music\u003c\/i\u003e. He has produced landmark reissues of the music of composer\/bandleader\/electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott, Space Age Pop avatar Esquivel, the Langley Schools Music Project, and has salvaged the careers of now-celebrated icons like Jim Flora.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Economon\u003c\/b\u003e is a digital media specialist at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and a former radio host on KFAI. 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