British artist Ralph Steadman’s iconic and extensive collaborative works with Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson kindled armies of fanboys/girls across the globe and across decades. If there are any dog lovers among them, they’ll want to peek at Steadman’s newest Book of Dogs, featuring lovable, slobbering, rough-housing canines rendered in the artist’s signature style, that is, expressively unlatching their jaws amidst wildly spewed inkblots and such.
Steadman’s illustration compliment ranting pet ownership tips on feeding, fetching, and emergency resuscitation and offer some satirically anthropomorphic perspectives on religion and politics. Preview a few pups in our gallery, and, as a bonus, enjoy Ralph Steadman’s latest Gonzo-fied beer bottle label art with the Flying Dog Brewery, dubbed Raging Bitch and banned by the Michigan Liquor Commission.
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If you’re like us, then the New York Times Op-Ed page is a must-read, in part because of the artwork that’s paired with pieces. Take our favorite columnist, Frank Rich. Next to a recent article on the stimulus bill was the image of a large shark with his pearly whites trained on the President. Under that sat another image, this time of a gleeful Obama posing next to his strung up, captured enemy. It was a powerful visual metaphor.
Not all art makes it into the paper, though, and no one knows that better than Jerelle Kraus. She spent thirteen years at the Times as the Op-Ed Art Editor fighting the good fight for legendary artists such as Ralph Steadman, who wrote the forward to her new book: All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t). We met Jerelle a few weeks ago during a daytime lecture and slideshow at the 92YTribeca where she went through hundreds of pieces of Op-Ed art and told stories of working at the Gray Lady — our favorite involved Richard Nixon tracking her down to get her drawing of him with Brezhnev. Heh.
After the jump, Jerelle reveals her five favorite censored art pieces exclusively for Flavorwire, along with some backstory on why they never ran. Let us know if you agree with her editors’ decisions in the comments.
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