Sunday Safari - Striking Stripes

Celestino Piatti, cover of ABC der Tiere, 1964

André François, illustration from Roland, 1958, 

thanks to Le figure di libri

Józef Wilkon, cover of Pan Tip-Top

Russian Circus poster, thanks to Ben Perry's 

fantastic USSR posters collection on flickr

Polish matchbox label, thanks to Maraid's 

wonderful matchbox labels collection on flickr

Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1970

Kazumasa Nagai, Save me

Pep Montserrat, La selva del lenguaje

Swiss poster by Polly Bertram and Daniel Volkart, 1990

David Klein, poster Africa-fly TWA, ca.1967

Peter Clark, Stripe dreams collage

Sebastiano Ranchetti, Zebra print

Mario Mariotti

Matazo Kayama, 1954

Paul Le Mécano

Peter's Printed Paper Poodles

After admiring Peter Clark's richly textured three dimensional collages at Kickcan and Conkers a few months ago, I was glad to discover that Black Dog recently published a book of his artworks.

Clark is a long time collector of ephemera and his collages are beautifully assembled from old maps, stamps, buttons and other vintage objects that he finds visiting antique markets and secondhand stores with his wife, textile designer Karen Nicol. I love all of Peter's beasts, but as you can see I am especially fond of his colorful and often very funny dog portraits. Make sure to also check out his fantastic paper garments!

Staff party

On the spot

The images above come from Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery's blog.

US cocker

Franc

King Charlie

Sweet George and Bullring

... Formerly known as

Showgirl