{"product_id":"peter-beard-9783836577427","title":"Peter Beard","description":"\u003cp\u003e  • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtist, diarist, collector, and writer \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Beard\u003c\/strong\u003e (1938-2020) fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He collaborated with \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Bacon \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eSalvador Dalí\u003c\/strong\u003e, he made diaries with \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol\u003c\/strong\u003e, worked on books with scientists like \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Norman Borlaug\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Richard Laws\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eAlistair Graham\u003c\/strong\u003e, and toured with \u003cstrong\u003eTruman Capote\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Southern\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the\u003cstrong\u003e Rolling Stones\u003c\/strong\u003e--all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. He delved into the world of fashion for its beautiful women, taking \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e stars like \u003cstrong\u003eVeruschka\u003c\/strong\u003e to Africa and bringing new ones back to the U.S. with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After spending time in Kenya and striking up a friendship with the author \u003cstrong\u003eIsak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)\u003c\/strong\u003e in the early 1960s, Beard bought 50 acres next to her farm with the stipulation that he would film and write about the land and its flora and fauna. He witnessed the dawn of Kenya's population explosion, which challenged finite resources and stressed animal populations--including the starving elephants of Tsavo dying by the tens of thousands in a wasteland of eaten trees. So he documented what he saw--with diaries, photographs, and collages. He went against the wind in publishing unique and sometimes shocking books of these works, including \u003cem\u003eThe End of the Game\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eThe corpses were laid bare; the facts carefully recorded, sometimes in type and often by hand.\u003c\/strong\u003e Beard used his photographs as a canvas onto which he superimposed multi-layered contact sheets, ephemera, found objects, newspaper clippings that are elaborately embellished with meticulous handwriting, old-master inspired drawings, and often swaths of animal blood used as paint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45029427478679,"sku":"9783836577427","price":12689.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836577427.webp?v=1769203869","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/peter-beard-9783836577427","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}