{"title":"Charles E. White III","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"charles-e-white-iii-rules-the-world","title":"Charles E. White III Rules the World","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest known as a master of airbrush illustration, Charles E. White III was a versatile artist of the Los Angeles scene from the 1960s onward. His production of magazine covers, film posters, record-album covers, and advertisements brought him recognition and numerous awards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1966, White commissioned David Willardson (another leading figure in pop art airbrush design and co-author of the book) to photographically document billboards, hotel names, restaurants, barber shops, and other signs across Los Angeles bearing the name \u003cem\u003eCharlie\u003c\/em\u003e. Performative in nature, the resulting artist’s book is a world in itself and a hilarious exercise in self-mythology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat same year, Ed Ruscha commissioned Art Alanis to take the helicopter-view photographs for his seminal \u003cem\u003eThirtyfour Parking Lots\u003c\/em\u003e. In both projects, the city of Los Angeles becomes an arena of signs and repetitions: one artist searching for his own name across its streets, the other transforming its anonymous infrastructure into a conceptual landscape. Collective subconscious or pure coincidence?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e In 2012, Roman Coppola made \u003cem\u003eA Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III\u003c\/em\u003e, a film loosely inspired by the life and exploits of Charles E. White III.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54668780044627,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4466.png?v=1787488973"}],"url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/collections\/charles-e-white-iii.oembed","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}