SHROUDS by Gary J. Shipley available in paperback

here are the first 9 pages of Gary's abstract graphic novel SHROUDS, recently published as an A4 sized paperback book through my imprint asemic editions.

SHROUDS is 62 pages of evocative images.

from Andrei Molotiu's description in the blurb:
Like the clouds with which its title rhymes, Gary J Shipley’s Shrouds allows us to see in its pages landscapes, faces and flying animals, that however never resolve into simply legible, unambiguous figures.

 Andrei likens Gary's work to Michaux, Rothko, Still & the CoBrA artists. I would add Jean Dubuffet & the Art Brut people who influenced him.

SHROUDS is one of a number of longer abstract sequential compositions which engage with the reader's imagination. My own book 100 Scenes (asemic editions & Transgressor) & Andrei's Nautilus (Fahrenheit) work in a similar way.

Gary presented some pages in progress at this blog back in 2010.

In the Sewers by Mayhem. for William S. Burroughs

Installation Comic documentation

A short slide show of the documentation book for my Painting-Installation and giant walk-in comic "My Metaphor(m)," 2013, Jedlitschka Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.

Link: http://youtu.be/Rw9b13NCUcY

Rainy Sunday : issues 2, 3 & 4

Rainy Sunday 2, mfausse, avril 2013

Rainy Sunday 3, mFausse, avril 2013

Rainy Sunday 4, mFausse, 2 mai 2013

The strips Rainy Sunday are made with a Snake Game Comic Strips Generator I designed ; more infos with the first issue.

Last issue : 1.

In the crack of the dawn by Matt Mullican & Lawrence Weiner

The comics author Andrew White recently found a old abstract comic (1991), or which looks like, In the crack of the down by Matt Mullican & Lawrence Weiner. (more informations on the Andrew White's  tumblr).

In the crack of the dawn, Matt Mullican & Lawrence Weiner, 1991

[edit] Two other pages — but less abstract… — here. (via Tim Gaze).

what I might have said

what I might have said no. 2
graphite and gesso on duralar
14" x 11"
2013

This is sort of a secret abstract comic.

What I might have said is a small series of drawings I made in response to a paper origami balloon I kept in my pocket over several weeks and pulled out on occasion to blow up. The paper balloon functions as vessel for breath as well as potential container for words and phrases that cannot be adequately articulated. The air in them becomes pregnant with possibility. The drawings borrow their panel compositions from the creases left in an unfolded balloon. The marks found in each panel are systemized codifications of text from an old book never read. The marks become asemic, suggesting story and cadence, but deny specifics. Some of the panels are empty suggesting further fragmentation.

There are seven drawings in this series which debut next Saturday at alt_space gallery in New Symrna Beach, FL. For more info check my art blog.

Wolfram Alpha Facebook Data

 

http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2013/04/data-science-of-the-facebook-world/

Comic strips are in essence abstract ; there aren't metric and duration (in comics).

Tortured Souls by James Mahan

untranslated - an exhibition

wall versions of abstract comics, books and prints

P.S. you're invited

www.schemaprojects.com

scratching

 untitled no 3

graphite, tape, whiteout tape, scratches on translucent mylar

2012

an evening of the book, Mai-Thu Perret / Varvara Stepanova

This is composed from scenes taken from Mai-Thu Perret's 3 film remake of a Soviet play from 1924, An Evening of the Book, presented at Lyon Biennale in 2007. The actors played the part of letters & books. Varvara Stepanova created the costume & stage designs in the original play. Plot spoiler: books from the post-revolutionary period & from the pre-revolutionary period struggle & the post-revolutionary books win, leading to a glorious future of new books & new publishers!