Publications

Raymond Pettibon

A Reader

This book offers 62 writings by authors of all shapes, sizes and religious outlooks. In a sense, this is a Great Books introduction to Pettibon's world, one in which the texts neither illustrate nor explicate Pettibon's sources, but offer instead a revealing look at the narratives and voices that influence his singular tales of loves, lives, and metaphors gone wrong. Long known as a voracious reader of eclectic and expansive tastes, Pettibon's reading list includes St. Augustine, Beckett, Benjamin, Eisenstein, Flaubert, H?lo?se, Pater, Proust, Spillane, Swift and Wittgenstein, to name only a few. Complementing this anthology are five thoughtful essays on Pettibon's own uniquely literary oeuvre.

Published in conjunction with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, distributed for resale through Distributed Art Publishers