Saturday, January 5, 2013

Chinese "Imaginative Realism"

Shanghai People’s Fine Arts Publishing House has just published a Chinese edition of Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist. The layout of the book is the same as the English edition, but the dimensions are a little smaller. As far as we know, this edition will only be available in China.
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7 comments:

YAMI said...

Great ! but when a french version ? I've mine from a long time but's hard to realy apreciate because my english is not so good ! :)))

James Gurney said...

Yami, I hope there will be a French edition someday, but there are no plans right now. If there is an interested foreign publisher, they can contact the international rights department at my publisher, AndrewsMcMeel in Kansas City, USA.

Steve said...

There is something in the look and feel of the Chinese characters that seems oddly in tune with our brush-wielding friend on the cover. He seems born to be paired with those characters. To my eye, the total effect of the cover is more unified than with English lettering.

James Gurney said...

Steve, I thought so too--kind of like really sophisticated alien graffiti and a grunge-stamp in the lower right.

Hopper12 said...

Is it me, or did the Chinese cover make a "Foo-man-chu" style over your character's face? It somehow looks different.

lei said...

If you are in China, you can order from amazon.cn.
There are english version and chinese version.
I prefer english version as the color and quality are more good to me.

David Teter said...

Was given your book Color and Light as a christmas gift, a classic that belongs on every art book shelf just like literary classics, Tom Sawer... Ernest Hemingway novels etc., that belong on a writers book shelf.
Nice!