Make Art or Die Trying
The Only Art Book You’ll Ever Need If You Want to Make Art That Changes the World
by Stuart Semple
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Pub Date 11 Jun 2024 | Archive Date 9 May 2024
Quarto Publishing Group – Rockport Publishing | Rockport Publishers
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Description
Multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, and activist Stuart Semple believes that art is for everyone, and that everyone is an artist. Every single human has an inner spark of creativity that can make the world a better place. Art can change people, places, attitudes, and communities, healing and communicating when words aren’t enough.
Make Art or Die Trying empowers you to understand and connect with big art ideas and embrace your creative potential, no matter where you’re starting from. This stunning, informative, and inspiring book demystifies influential art concepts of the 20th and 21st centuries, including happenings, performance art, Bauhaus, and Fluxus, making them super-approachable and inviting you to learn, make art, and make change.
Each chapter:
- Explains a transformative art concept in a simple, straightforward, jargon-free way.
- Shares examples by amazing and innovative artists.
- Offers DIY ideas and exercises that encourage you to explore the concept yourself and ultimately develop your own unique conversation with the wider world.
- Includes a QR code that allows access to an exclusive video by Stuart that takes the conversation to a deeper level.
Let Make Art or Die Trying be your guide to harnessing the power of creative ideas to create art and change in your life and community.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780760387030 |
| PRICE | US$30.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Bookseller 173414
A great book on creativity. This book is packed full of interesting and accessible ideas to boost creativity and creative thinking. Anyone running workshops, teaching, looking after children, or just wanting to light a spark in their life will find a lot of fresh ideas. There are activities for solo artists, groups or community level projects. All can be tweaked to fit most situations. I feel this book will become the new "must have" and will easily be sold outside of the traditional bookshop. Once my ARC has expired, I will be buying my own copy.
Rin K, Reviewer
Its art, alright! Thank you netgalley and Quarto Publishing for access to the digital ARC. As someone who loved art as a child but finds it hard to start now as an adult, I find envy in reading this artful title. Its just that the whole title evokes a sense of living art, from the way it is presented with color and photos, to the way the prompts lead you to think about the art being presented. Its unique, I haven't read anything like it, oh and the QR code videos where such a cool touch to add in to the book. It may take a while to digest and work through it all but my art will be better for it! Interesting read, more words than I was expecting, I suppose I thought it would be more of a wreck this journal style with more open ended prompts.
Dora Archie O, Reviewer
For one, this book is visually appealing, oh the art, the vibrancy and colors and not just that- the way it involves the reader, calling you to act and try some things- made this an interesting read.
Anyone who is new to art, or an expert could learn a lot from this book.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC.
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