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Stan Lee
“To start, I think about what quality I can give the hero that makes them unique, that hasn’t been seen before, but is still logical. And then, I think about how I canmake people care about the superhero.” —Stan Lee In Britain, the Bayeaux Tapes-
The Amazing Spider-Man #50 The Avengers #146 The Invincible Iron Man #47 The Incredible Hulk Special #1 All shown Are all signed by Stan Lee himself and are available as: Giclée edition of 295 Image 24" x 16½" Framed £695 Boxed canvas Edition of 195 Image 40" x 27½" Unframed £750 Framed £995 Portfolio of six Giclée only £2,500 Framed £3,995 Boxed canvas only £4,250 Framed £5,750 The Silver Surfer #4 Giant Size X-Men #1
try, a 70 metre long form of textile art tells the story of the Norman invasion of our shores in 1066 – almost comic-esque in its pictorial narrative of this medieval story that shaped the future of England for decades to follow. And, more recently, works by the famous William Hogarth (such as A Rake’s Progress) during the 18th century began to move towards the overt story-telling we see in comic books today. There is a long established heritage for this type of commu- nicative art, which represents the struggles, the triumphs, the trials, the tribulations and the wonder of the human condition. These artistic outpourings are part of our very nature as humans: com- munities, societies, families and friends are bonded by the telling of a story, the reciting of an event, the sharing of an experience. It was philosopher and theorist Hannah Arendt that said “story- telling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it,” whilst comic books take this to a level of fantasy, it is this balance that Stan Lee and his artists have managed to achieve so subtly and essence of a character, a moment or a scenario – Superheroes gives the audience enough to relate to the messages being conveyed, but leaving just enough room for those messages to become relevant to the individual, on their own terms. Gallery The Superheroes collection by Stan Lee will be exhibited in galleries this spring, or view online now castlegalleries.com perfectly in Superheroes . Communicating the very
The Invincible Iron Man #47 1972 Cover artist(s): Gil Kane, Vince Colletta
WilliamHogarth A Rake’s Progress
Iron-Man to The Silver Surfer, The Avengers to of course, Spider- Man; this collection, curated by Stan Lee offers the comic book fan a new take on their passion, and for the art lover? Well a foray into ‘sequential art’, rarely seen portrayed with such striking intensity in the contemporary art world. Sequential art itself predates comics by thousands of years. This is not simply a term used to describe graphic novels. The earliest known examples of this begin with cave paintings some 30,000 years ago, and emerge, evolve and appear throughout the subsequent centuries.
The Ancient
Egyptian friezes featured hieroglyphs and logograms to convey their rituals, lifestyles or ideas in a narrative form, and then the Romans – excel- ling and pushing the boundaries of academia, culture and art
gave us Trajan’s Column, some 2,000 years ago; this too, one of the most significant references for both art and communicative story-telling in the ancient world.
FINE ART COLLECTOR SPRING 2013
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