Do Guppies Projection

8.5" x 5.5" - 10 pages Noted artist and musician Steve Thomsen’s chapbooks were first exhibited in July 2012 at Art Osaka in Japan, and are offered here for sale for the first time in the United States. Printed in tiny editions by the artist. Photocopy process; color covers (except for "Lotto"), black and white insides. Steve’s description of the chapbooks: “The hype and hucksterism–sampling chapbooks contain satirical graphic collages consisting of mutated images and text derived from America’s most popular, influential and inescapable art form – the ADVERTISEMENT. “Advertising art portrays a smart or loving or fashionable lifestyle obtainable through purchase of products or through adoption of political, religious or scientific ideologies. From this attractive but spurious visual cornucopia the first chapbooks were hastily pasted together, highlighting the art’s surreal promises. “With time, insight was acquired about the advertisement’s astonishing effectiveness and eventually the