tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post6892930568872025678..comments2024-03-11T02:59:30.839-05:00Comments on The Book Design Review: Theft: A Love Story, paperbackJosephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-30912377740364939592007-05-11T17:59:00.000-05:002007-05-11T17:59:00.000-05:00Hmmm. I get it, but it's sort of a floaty concept....Hmmm. I get it, but it's sort of a floaty concept. what's being stolen and why and who and who cares. Is it about famous stolen art? Is it about a gallery? Is it about my paint tubes being stolen so that I can't paint and finally submit this as my painting to the gallery? What is it?<BR/><BR/>I get it, but I don't. Kidd's was more stimulating to look at especially the spine. There was a leave-me-hanging-so-I'll-buy-this-book<BR/>feel to it all that worked better. Is this a UK version? Can always count on the UK to bore things down a bit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-58871490464571443402007-05-09T19:56:00.000-05:002007-05-09T19:56:00.000-05:00Not as good as the hardcover, I'd say, although bo...Not as good as the hardcover, I'd say, although both are suggestive of the contemporary art market putting something over on the audience. <BR/><BR/>One of the commenters on the earlier post wondered why the woman on the original cover was staring at the wall instead of calling the police. She's not really looking at the place where a painting used to be, but at an art installation called "Theft" that simulates a stolen canvas.<BR/><BR/>Like the second cover, it's about hoaxing and hoodwinking more than outright thievery. I'm not sure how well that applies to this book in particular, but it certainly does to Carey's work as a whole--see <I>My Life As a Fake</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com