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Title: The Museum at Purgatory by Nick Bantock ISBN: 0-06-095793-X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Another beautiful Bantock book
Comment: Yet another visual feast from Nick Bantock. This book is visual science fiction fantasy. We are introduced to a wonderous place, Purgatory, and given a tour of the artifacts those who passed through here couldn't take with them. Admittedly, this is not my favorite by the artist/author but nothing can replace the time I picked up my first Bantock book, Griffin & Sabine, and carefully pulled those letters from the envelopes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bantock Is Back
Comment: In my humble opinion, this is the best book written by Nick Bantock since the 'Griffin & Sabine' trilogy. The 3-dimensional artifacts he created for each room in 'The Museum at Purgatory' are absolutely stunning. This is an ingenious tale of what happens to artists and collectors in life after death. But don't just take my word on it -- preview an excerpt, take a tour of the image gallery, and read the critics' comments by visiting the Museum's official website.
Rating: 5
Summary: A personal mythology
Comment: Bantock has a wonderful style, and this book may be my favorite among the ones I've seen.
Like the Griffin and Sabine books, it has a definitely mystical side. As the name says, it's about purgatory, but not Dante's. This is a place where people have work to do, and our protagonist works as a museum keeper. That sets the scene for a series of peculiar vignettes, the kind that make just a little too much sense.
Also like G&S, there's a distinctly autobiographical sense about the story. The last section is explicitly a fictional autobiography. Somehow, though, the stories have a grounded feeling that doesn't let me believe they are pure fantasy.
As much as I like the G&S imagery, I like this better. Bantock has moved his improbable talent for assemblage and collage into 3D. He has created several series of fictional artifacts, are as complex and multifacted as his works on paper. These images, so many being photos, have a clarity that G&S sometimes lost.
This is a brief but very enjoyable book, and one worth re-reading. The pictures just get better with each reading, and the stories seem to stay fresh.
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Title: The Morning Star by Nick Bantock ISBN: 081183199X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Alexandria: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Unfolds by Nick Bantock ISBN: 081183140X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Is Rediscovered by Nick Bantock ISBN: 0811831620 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Venetian's Wife: A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis by Nick Bantock ISBN: 0811811409 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections by Nick Bantock ISBN: 0811827526 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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