Art And Laughter

This is the first book to take seriously though not too seriously thesurprisingly neglected role of humour in art. Art and Laughter looks back tocomic masters s... » 

This is the first book to take seriously though not too seriously thesurprisingly neglected role of humour in art. Art and Laughter looks back tocomic masters such as Hogarth and Daumier and to Dada Surrealism and Pop Artasking what makes us laugh and why and exploring the use of comedy in art fromsatire and irony to pun parody and black and bawdy humor. Encouraging laughterin the hallowed space of the gallery Klein takes us on a tour of the comicwork of Red Grooms Cary Leibowitz William Wegman The Chicago Hairy WhoRichard Prince Bruce Nauman Jeff Koons Vik Muniz and many more. She lookstoo at the smile in art and at the cute the camp and the downright kitsch. «