Synopsis
With few words and gorgeous style, a cartoonist takes aim at the hypocrisies of the art world
White Cube is the Belgian cartoonist and illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke's debut book, a collection of mostly wordless strips that follow a pair of pink-faced twins as they attempt to understand contemporary art and the gallery world. Their reactions to the art they encounter are...
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04 March 2014
9781770461390Reviews
“With Vandenbroucke's new collection, White Cube, we finally have the perfect response to fine art in comics form--and that response is the visual equivalent of a whoopee cushion.” —Chicago Tribune Printers Row
“[White Cube is] one of the best books we've seen all year . . . Following two pink-faced men . . . as they trot gleefully into artistic establishments and deal with contemporary art in a naïve yet scathing way, this [book] is both hilarious and . . . genius.” —It's Nice That
“[Brecht] Vandenbroucke is a wildly imaginative illustrator. His colorful, rude and whimsical book is an anarchic delight.” —Miami Herald
“The art is colorful, humorous, and at times very lush and vibrant…visits to an art museum or gallery won't be the same after reading this.” —AV Club
