Board Games as Art – No, Really
Roy Lichtenstein transformed the low art of comic books into high art that graced the walls of museums around the world. Decades later, comics finally found some degree of respect among the public after Art Spiegelman’s Maus earned him the Pulitzer Prize. Whaam!, indeed.
Artist Tim Liddy, perhaps taking a cue from Lichtenstein, has undertaken another low-to-high transformation with his trompe-l’oeil renderings of board game covers, now on display at the William Shearburn Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri. As the gallery description notes:
Each work is a replication of a found board game, painstakingly rendered to capture the essence of the original box lid and its demise overtime [sic]. From coffee stains to edges that were reinforced with tape, to phone numbers scribbled across the edge, Liddy has meticulously recreated these box lids, to the exact dimension of the original.
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Nov 13, 2008 at 04:00 AM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 988
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The Bulls and Bears one is interesting for it’s attempt to draw sales by mentioning it was created by the same person who did Monopoly. And here we thought “designer games” were a recent phenomenon! Posted by Sean Brown on Nov 13, 2008 at 10:43 AM | #
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If Liddy has a sufficient sense of irony, he can replicate a Modern Art cover, a game which spoofs the glorification of art which should possibly not be called art. But I don’t think I’ll hold my breath. Posted by Larry Levy on Nov 13, 2008 at 12:55 PM | #
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You should have been an artist, Larry! Posted by Jeff Allers on Nov 13, 2008 at 01:03 PM | #
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The ‘artist’ could have taken a photograph instead…
Posted by Richard van Vugt on Nov 13, 2008 at 01:14 PM | #
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Interesting, that site is blocked by the firewall at my non-home place. Only the second one I have found. Posted by Fraser McHarg on Nov 14, 2008 at 02:11 AM | #
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