Publisher's Synopsis
Through collages and short texts, A Quick Look Back takes you to some of the most significant happenings during the last 75 years. This unusual book brings back memories, provides facts and gives a new unique perspective on time passed. And it comes with a BONUS: A Quick History of the Collage.The book "may become your special notebook where you jot down special memories from a particular year!" writes the author. It is also a perfect gift that can be personalized by marking years that are special for the recipient. It is hard to categorize A Quick Look Back because there is nothing really like it out there. Here you have modern history, politics, culture, trends, design and an artistic interpretation of the years 1945-2020. You could even read A Quick Look Back as an illustrated poem and see your life flash by before your eyes.As a bonus you get a short lesson on the history of the collage. Most artists have worked with collage in one form or another, but this art form has never really been given full recognition in its own right. A Quick History of the Collage is an inspiring introduction, from Picasso, Matisse and John Heartfield - via Max Ernst and Man Ray - to today's "most accesible, inexpensive and democratic art form around."The author and designer Anders Neumüller has written unique illustrated books about antiques, modern design, posters and popular culture. His God Jul - a Swedish Christmas is a much loved best-seller. After living for 31 years in Vancouver, Canada where he was the editor of the Scandinavian and Swedish Press magazines, as well as the Consul of Sweden, he is now retired and lives in Sweden.
