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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Bob Dylan returns with a surprising new release
In 2022, when Bob Dylan was performing across the United States and Europe, he was also quietly making art, sketching landscapes, portraits and still lifes. In November, Simon & Schuster will publish those drawings and others in an oversize art book, Point Blank (Quick Studies). The nearly 100 black-and-white drawings were created in 2021 and 2022 and will be paired with prose vignettes by writers Lucy Sante and Jackie Hamilton, and producer Eddie Gorodetsky, who worked with Dylan on his radio show and his 2022 book The Philosophy of Modern Song. Many of the drawings depict everyday objects and scenes: a roll of Scotch tape, a karaoke singer, a pair of roller skaters, a suit of armor, a suspension bridge. 'There's a melancholy to them which is quite beautiful, but it's not without a hopefulness and humour,' said Sean Manning, Simon & Schuster's vice president and publisher. For decades, Dylan kept his artwork private; he didn't display it publicly until about 2007. Since then, he's had exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world, including in New York, London and Shanghai, and has released other art books, including The Drawn Blank Series, which was published in 2008. Reviews have been mixed. 'His attempts at being a visual artist have gone from bad to worse,' New York Times art critic Roberta Smith wrote about a 2012 exhibition of his paintings at Gagosian Gallery in New York. In a laudatory review in The Guardian of a 2016 show at the Halcyon Gallery in London, critic Jonathan Jones praised Dylan as more than just a dabbler: 'This guy can look. His drawings are intricate, sincere, charged with curiosity.' A current exhibit of Dylan's art is on display through July 6 at the Halcyon Gallery. The collection, also titled Point Blank, features paintings based on drawings that are included in the forthcoming book. To coincide with the release of Point Blank, Simon & Schuster is also releasing a newly recorded, unabridged audiobook of Dylan's 2004 memoir, Chronicles: Volume I, narrated by actor Sean Penn. It runs to 10 hours – twice as long as the earlier version, also narrated by Penn.
The Age
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Bob Dylan returns with a surprising new release
In 2022, when Bob Dylan was performing across the United States and Europe, he was also quietly making art, sketching landscapes, portraits and still lifes. In November, Simon & Schuster will publish those drawings and others in an oversize art book, Point Blank (Quick Studies). The nearly 100 black-and-white drawings were created in 2021 and 2022 and will be paired with prose vignettes by writers Lucy Sante and Jackie Hamilton, and producer Eddie Gorodetsky, who worked with Dylan on his radio show and his 2022 book The Philosophy of Modern Song. Many of the drawings depict everyday objects and scenes: a roll of Scotch tape, a karaoke singer, a pair of roller skaters, a suit of armor, a suspension bridge. 'There's a melancholy to them which is quite beautiful, but it's not without a hopefulness and humour,' said Sean Manning, Simon & Schuster's vice president and publisher. For decades, Dylan kept his artwork private; he didn't display it publicly until about 2007. Since then, he's had exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world, including in New York, London and Shanghai, and has released other art books, including The Drawn Blank Series, which was published in 2008. Reviews have been mixed. 'His attempts at being a visual artist have gone from bad to worse,' New York Times art critic Roberta Smith wrote about a 2012 exhibition of his paintings at Gagosian Gallery in New York. In a laudatory review in The Guardian of a 2016 show at the Halcyon Gallery in London, critic Jonathan Jones praised Dylan as more than just a dabbler: 'This guy can look. His drawings are intricate, sincere, charged with curiosity.' A current exhibit of Dylan's art is on display through July 6 at the Halcyon Gallery. The collection, also titled Point Blank, features paintings based on drawings that are included in the forthcoming book. To coincide with the release of Point Blank, Simon & Schuster is also releasing a newly recorded, unabridged audiobook of Dylan's 2004 memoir, Chronicles: Volume I, narrated by actor Sean Penn. It runs to 10 hours – twice as long as the earlier version, also narrated by Penn.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bob Dylan Releasing Book of ‘Deeply Evocative' Drawings This Fall
Bob Dylan's next release won't be new music — it'll be a book of drawings. On Tuesday, Simon & Schuster announced that it will publish Dylan's book Point Blank (Quick Studies), a collection of black-and-white artwork made by the musician between 2021 and 2022, on Nov. 18. The collection, comprising approximately 100 drawings by the musician, features portraits and landscapes, including images of roller skaters, a suspension bridge, a karaoke singer, a Parisian canal, a man with a crooked smile, and a roll of Scotch tape. More from Rolling Stone Machine Gun Kelly Jokes He Got Bob Dylan to Do His Album Trailer Through 'Pure Desperation' Joan Baez on America Under Trump: 'It Feels Like Torn Fabric' Noted Machine Gun Kelly Fan Bob Dylan Narrated MGK's New Album Trailer 'This book showcases Bob Dylan's mastery of telling stories, creating moods and provoking feelings,' said Sean Manning, a publishing executive. 'The images are deeply evocative, at once innocent and world-weary, joyous and forlorn, humorous and sensual, enigmatic and familiar.' Several of the drawings featured in the book are currently on display at an exhibit at Halcyon Gallery in London, running through July 6. The book will also feature vignettes written by Eddie Gorodetsky, Jackie Hamilton, and Lucy Sante. (Gorodetsky worked with Dylan on his radio show and 2022's The Philosophy of Modern Song.) 'Dylan's ability to find beauty and mystery in the seemingly mundane is one of his great gifts—and the gift he's continually given to the public over the years, including now with Point Blank,' added Manning. Dylan kept his artwork private for much of his life, but started displaying it around 2007. He also published a book of drawings in 2008, The Drawn Blank Series. Along with the book, the book publisher will also release an unabridged audiobook version of the memoir Chronicles: Volume 1, narrated by Sean Penn. Currently, only an abridged audio version of the book is available. Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
