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Dunedevil: An Artistic Journey Into Abstraction & Isolation by J. Bannon
For one week J. Bannon resided in the C-Scape Dune Shack (formerly known as the Cohen Shack) within the Peaked Hill Bars National Register Historical District in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This primitive environment inspired an outpouring of abstract mixed media work, photography, and music. The visual material from that experience is collected in “Dunedevil”.
285 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 19, 2017
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June 29, 2021
Converge has been one of my favorite bands for years, and Jacob Bannon remains one of my greatest inspirations artistically. The way he commands the many mediums that he touches is nothing short of jaw-dropping. Hope got me this book as a present a couple years back and I’ve hesitated to read through it in one sitting for so long because I wanted to truly savor it and take it in. In the time between then and now I’d casually flip through it and soak up the paintings and photography, but tonight I just knew it was time to dive in.
Reading this in a post-COVID world has given me a deeper appreciation for Bannon’s decision to go into isolation for artistic experimentation, and I have to admit that it made me wish that I had used my time in quarantine a bit more diligently (I mean, I published a book but only when I wasn’t binging Twin Peaks). I just think it’s awesome that he committed to pushing his skill into unknown places in such a unique way. Makes me want to buy a shack and live there, just making cool stuff til I’m dead.
Anyways, this collection was really cool. Definitely worth reading if you can get your hands on a copy. I will be flipping through this one for a long, long time. Maybe I’m biased because I love the author and I love everything he’s attached to, but then it just devolves into a case of “chicken or the egg”.
Reading this in a post-COVID world has given me a deeper appreciation for Bannon’s decision to go into isolation for artistic experimentation, and I have to admit that it made me wish that I had used my time in quarantine a bit more diligently (I mean, I published a book but only when I wasn’t binging Twin Peaks). I just think it’s awesome that he committed to pushing his skill into unknown places in such a unique way. Makes me want to buy a shack and live there, just making cool stuff til I’m dead.
Anyways, this collection was really cool. Definitely worth reading if you can get your hands on a copy. I will be flipping through this one for a long, long time. Maybe I’m biased because I love the author and I love everything he’s attached to, but then it just devolves into a case of “chicken or the egg”.
March 1, 2019
A book to keep on your coffee table and pick up often. DUNEDEVIL is a beautifully presented clothbound collection of J Bannon’s distinct art style. A genius at layering and textures this book is an experiment on creative processes under forced isolation.
November 21, 2024
The perfect book. Mostly pictures, not a lot of words.
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