The Exquisite Book

In this unique book of collaborative skill, 100 artists combine their talents to play a modified game. Based on the Surrealist pastime from the 1920s, these artists, including Carson Ellis, Tom Neely, and Jill Bliss, each create a page of the book based only on the page that they see before their own. Some pages flow directly into one another, while others take on new interpretations of the subject matter or mood of what came previously. The result is a colorful exploration of creativity betwe... More

In this unique book of collaborative skill, 100 artists combine their talents to play a modified game. Based on the Surrealist pastime from the 1920s, these artists, including Carson Ellis, Tom Neely, and Jill Bliss, each create a page of the book based only on the page that they see before their own. Some pages flow directly into one another, while others take on new interpretations of the subject matter or mood of what came previously. The result is a colorful exploration of creativity between hard covers. Foreword by Dave Eggers.