This is the first book to take seriously - though not too seriously - the surprisingly neglected role of humour in art. Art and Laughter looks back to comic masters such as Hogarth and Daumier and to Dada; Surrealism and Pop Art; asking what makes us laugh and why. It explores the use of comedy in art from satire and irony to pun; parody and black and bawdy humour. Encouraging laughter in the hallowed space of the gallery; Sheri Klein praises the contemporary artist as lsquo;clownrsquo; - often overlooked in favour of the role of artist as lsquo;seriousrsquo; commentator - and takes us on a tour of the comic work of Red Grooms; Cary Leibowitz; lsquo;The Hairy Whorsquo;; Richard Prince; Bruce Nauman; Jeff Koons; William Wegman; Vik Muniz and many more. She seeks out those rare smiles in art - from the Mona Lisa onwards - and highlights too the pleasures of the cute; the camp and the downright kitsch.
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