American Utopia
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From former Talking Heads frontman and multimedia visionary David Byrne and revered bestselling author, illustrator, and artist Maira Kalman--an inspiring celebration in words and art of the connections between us all. Don't miss the Spike Lee film of the Broadway hit American Utopia--on HBO. A Beat Most Anticipated Graphic Novel of Fall 2020 A joyful collaboration between old friends David Byrne and Maira Kalman, American Utopia offers readers an antidote to cynicism, bursting with pathos, humanism, and hope--featuring his words and lyrics brought to life with more than 150 of her colorful paintings. The text is drawn from David Byrne's American Utopia, which has become a hit Broadway show and is now a film from Spike Lee on HBO. The four-color artwork, by Maira Kalman, which she created for the Broadway show's curtain, is composed of small moments, expressions, gestures, and interactions that together offer a portrait of daily life and coexistence. With their creative talents combined, American Utopia is a salvo for kindness and a call for jubilation, a reminder to sing, dance, and waste not a moment. Beautifully designed and edited by Alex Kalman, American Utopia is a balm for the soul from two of the world's most extraordinary artists.
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Are you going to make me tell you my thoughts about this book? I love Maira Kalman. I really do. And I like quirky. This book has Maira Kalman as illustrator and it's definitely quirky. But it's bad quirky. Like phoned in. No plot. No story. I'm honestly not even sure what it's about, if it is even about anything.
I'm terribly, horribly sad to say that I did not like this book.
But I still love you, Maira Kalman.
This is a sort of weird little coffee table type book I guess? I loved the film, and I like Maira Kolman's art but this just felt really...insubstantial. It felt like several greeting cards stapled together. And I'd probably buy the greeting cards but it didn't really feel like a book, per se.
