Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray, illustrated by Donald Urquhart.
Book number six in the Familiars series (where contemporary artists are invited to produce a new edition of a classic novel or short story) has been created by British artist Donald Urquhart. Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of its strong-minded and strong-willed anti-heroine Becky Sharp through early 19th century British society. As with all of the books in the series, the original text of the novel is included complete, and newly typeset. The images, inspired by 1930s Hollywood, focus exclusively on Becky Sharp. “I wanted to sideline all the secondary characters,” says Urquhart. “The way that I’ve done it, the chapters she’s not in, there’s no pictures.”
Free Speech Zone: Michael Patterson-Carver
Self-taught artist Michael Patterson-Carver's drawings are a candid and direct look at politics, satirising power-mongers, and celebrating ordinary men and women working for change through direct action and demonstrations. The latter are always smiling, filling the picture plane, topped by placards voicing their demands, hopes and desires. They smile because, according to the artist, they are quite sure of their success. This is the first monograph on the artist, edited and by artist Harrell Fletcher, with a discussion between Fletcher and White Columns director Matthew Higgs, and an introduction by Patterson-Carver. To be published in October, 2010.
Other forthcoming titles include:
The Prisoner Of Zenda
by Anthony Hope, illustrated by Mireille Fauchon.
Mireille's book comes from our Open Submission programme where we invited artists to propose a project for our Four Corners Familiars series.
