During the 1980s Wilfred Limonious (1949a "99) became one of Jamaican musica (TM)s most prolific graphic artists, designing countless reggae album jackets and record-label logos. With silly characters, scribbled commentary and outrageous Patois-filled speech bubbles, the world he created was the perfect visual counterpart to the islanda (TM)s emerging dancehall scene.

This amazing book fills in pages that have long been missing from the official history of Jamaica's popular culture. The artful, comic insights revealed in Wilfred Limonious’ drawings and designs are not only an overlooked contribution to Jamaica’s musical heritage, they are clues to the deepest layers of the island’s rebel identity.

— Professor Paul Gilroy, King's College London

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In Fine Style: The Dancehall Art of Wilfred Limonious

In Fine Style: The Dancehall Art of Wilfred Limonious is a book and exhibition by Christopher Bateman and Al "Fingers" Newman, celebrating the work of pioneering Jamaican illustrator, Wilfred Limonious (1949–99).

Compiled over a number of years, the book features examples of Limonious’ newspaper comic strips alongside his illustrations for the publications of JAMAL (the Jamaican Movement for the Advancement of Literacy, and his distinctive artwork for the burgeoning dancehall scene coming out of 1980s Jamaica. Includes a foreword by Beth Lesser and additional words from Orville "Bagga" Case and Dr Donna P Hope.

In Fine Style: The Dancehall Art of Wilfred Limonious

by Christopher Bateman and Al Fingers

First edition, published by One Love Books, 16 Aug 2016

ISBN: 9780956777379

272pp, hard cover, 30 × 23.8 × 2.7 cm, 1.75 kg

285 colour and 69 black-and-white illustrations

Detalhes do produto

Autor: Christopher Bateman

Editora ‏ : ‎ One Love Books (16 agosto 2016)

Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês

Capa dura ‏ : ‎ 272 páginas

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0956777376