Franco Mondini-Ruiz: High Pink: Tex-Mex Fairy Tales

By Franco Mondini-Ruiz

Book Overview

Stepping into Franco Mondini-Ruiz's world, one would have to be very, very careful not to trip over his porcelain figurine collection. The Tejano artist creates intricate vignettes composed of a vast... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1933045124
• ISBN13: 9781933045122
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

South Texas invades New York

This disarmingly funny series of short vignettes (none longer than a page) offers a window into the development of Franco Mondini-Ruiz's artwork, along with plenty of good photos. Taken together, the little stories show an artist coming up, an outsider from San Antonio, Texas learning to negotiate the New York art scene. Like his work, it's a combination of cultures and tastes held together by witty puns and surprising juxtapositions more than conceptual rigor. It's thoughtful, but without sacrificing fun on the altar of high-concept.

Very cool! As is his art.

Even if you don't know the author's art I think you'll like the book. I loved it.