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EXTREME CANVAS: HAND-PAINTED MOVIE POSTERS FROM GHANA - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
Wolfe, Ernie III. With Contributions by Clive Barker, LeVar Burton, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, Walter Hill, Anjelica Huston, John Milius, Roy Sieber, Paul Hayes Tucker, Gus Van Sant & John Yau. Los Angeles: Dilettante Press & Kesho Press, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Film Monograph. Fine/Fine. 305pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Extreme Canvas..." is noted Los Angeles-based African Art scholar Ernie Wolfe's compendium of vivid, vulgar and outrageous examples of indigenous Ghanaian vernacular movie advertisements. These hand-painted, one-of-a-kind canvases resemble vintage American carnival sideshow banners, and were typically commissioned to adorn local video stores. The posters are particularly amusing in that their lurid images may or may not have anything to do with the actual content of the film they are representing, and poignant in their irony of promoting Hollywood's excess in the dry, dusty West African villages in which they hang. The book's remarkable roster of essayists include Clive Barker, LeVar Burton, Deirdre Evans-Pritchard, Walter Hill, Anjelica Huston, John Milius, Roy Sieber, Paul Hayes Tucker, Gus Van Sant, and John Yau - each writing on the film genre of their choice. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2000 hardbound first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ernie Wolfe III" by the author in black marker on the first preliminary. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9664272-1-1 Inventory Number: 024181
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