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Project Statement
by J. Drucker
The project was conceived by Brad Freeman at Nexus Press after Seana Biondolillo found the manuscript in a dumpster. Seana knew Gary Meres, but he wasn't involved directly in the project.
Dead Man's Trail
Gary Meres
title note: []
Agents
Gary Meres
type: initiating
role:
artist
author
nationality:
citizenship: United States
note: []
Brad Freeman
type: initiating
role:
publisher
printer
Seana Biondolillo
type: initiating
role:
designer
Nexus Press
type: initiating
role:
publisher
location: Atlanta, Georgia
Publication Information
publisher: Nexus Press
dates:
publication: 2002-06-15
publication history: This is the only edition of this work. [J. Drucker]
Aesthetic Profile
movement:
fantastic realist (AAT)
popular culture (AAT)
unknown
subject:
comedy (AAT)
fantastic Art (AAT)
outsider art (AAT)
artists' books (LCSH)
experimental fiction (LCSH)
themes: Dark reworking of Western Americana themes in cut-up method. [J. Drucker]
content form:
cut-up (local)
fiction (AAT)
experimental text (local)
publication tradition:
artists' book (local)
inspiration: Western literature. [J. Drucker]
related works: Zane Grey in a literary sense, and Dead Man, the Jim Jarmusch movie. [J. Drucker]
other influences: pulp fiction [J. Drucker]
community: press Nexus Press [J. Drucker]
note: A great example of pastiche and reworking of aesthetic categories. [J. Drucker]
Exhibition Information
exhibition history: Experimental Narrative exhibition in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 2000.
reception history: Printed Matter has this synopsis on its webpage: Synopsis: Using appropriated imagery and texts from 1950’s era pulp fiction (westerns, crime and murder mysteries, science fiction) and non-fiction (period scientific and military textbooks), this 3 volume set creates a dark and violent lens through which to view the world. Visually rich and dense, there is a strong affiliation to comic book art through the use of panels, and the pop culture subject matter. An excellent example of the possibilities of how images extracted from one source can be re-combined and entangled to produce an entirely different visual and informational experience.
Related Documents
manuscript type: mockups
location: other The original manuscript and layout might be at Nexus with their archives.
note:
General Comments
This book is an exceptional demonstration of cut-up and collage method. It also has real substance and content to its commentary on the pulp genre and the western. []