This book should serve as a source of inspiration to helpcreative people overcome the obstacles that can appear during the productionprocess. Featuring 25 genre-defyingartists working outside the mainstream, it takes readers inside their workspaces and challenges them to focus on details that help reveal some of the secretsof their creative activity. In addition to the many images of their work, theartists, in their own words, shed light on the creative processes that madethem possible. They explain why they create, what they are trying to say and howthey look to literature, sculpture, music, theater or scenes from everyday lifeto overcome creative blocks and self-doubt and stay inspired and productive. Throughtheir words and work, the contemporary painters, sculptors, photographers,tattooists, graffiti artists and muralists that appear in this insightful andvisually sumptuous book transmits the emotion, energy, individuality and ironythat defines their artistic production and the creative processes behind it. ARTISTS INCLUDED: ARGENTINA: Claudio Pedraza. BELGIUM: Ingrid Godon. CHILE: José Romussi. FRANCE: Alexandra Duprez, Eltono, Soeurs Siamoises. GERMANY: Hermann Josef Hack, z-e-b-u. IRAN: Mohammad Barrangi. ITALY: Gaia Bernasconi, Luca Giovagnoli. JAPAN: Sanae Sugimoto, Mogu Takahashi. MEXICO: Federico Jordán, Gimena Romero. PORTUGAL: Mariana Malhão. SAUDI ARABIA: David Shillinglaw. SPAIN: Karto Gimeno, Javier Pagola, Oscar Sanmartín. SWIZERLAND: Johanna Schaible. UK: Nicholas Stevenson, Sophie Woodrow. USA: Michael McGrath (Rhinbeck, NY). VENEZUELA: Cristina Sitja. AUTHOR: Miguel Ángel Pérez Arteaga is a graphic design and communication expert and co-founder of the design studio Batidora de Ideas. Author and illustrator of twelve children's books published in Spain, Mexico and Brazil, he is also the author of the book Creatividad: curiosidad, motivación y juego (Creativity: curiosity,motivation and play) in the series ?[Re]thinking education? published by Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza. He participated in differen tillustration exhibitions in New York, Washington, Mexico, Buenos Aires, SãoPaulo, Madrid and Lisbon) and at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. A finalist in theDaniel Gil Awards (Spain) and the Biennial of Illustration of Amarante (Portugal), he has had numerous individual and collective painting, photography and illustration exhibitions. He is a lecturer in the Marketing Department of theUniversity of Zaragoza (Spain). SELLING POINTS: . A collection of artists' portraits, where they talk about the difficulties to be and remain creative and how to overcome blocks. . A wonderful selection of artists of all kinds who have different backgrounds and come from all over the world. . An inspiring insight into artists' workshops and work processes.
