28th February 2008
The images posted here give a first look at a few of the pages inside the proposed Adam Ant Art book. It’s a luxuriously produced large format book with plenty of room to show off Adam’s fascinating artwork. These sketches and jottings – almost all of them never seen before - give a unique and very personal insight into Adam’s work and inspiration.
The images here show the opening pages from the ‘Sketches & Ideas’ chapter and three spreads from inside the chapter. These are:
- Cover ideas for Adam’s 1983 hit Puss ‘n Boots
- Set and costume designs for an appearance on the BBC’s Top of the Pops television show in 1983, sketched over a diary page
- Another diary page with jottings for the styling of the video to Strip, the follow-up single to Puss ‘n Boots. The subsequent video was famously banned by the BBC
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26th February 2008
As announced on adam-ant.net, we are very pleased to say that Adam has agreed to include a CD with the book which will feature songs recorded at last year’s Bloomsbury Theatre concert.
The concert, which took place on 24th September 2007, was the first time that Adam had played in many years and was received rapturously.
Exactly which songs will be included on the exclusive CD hasn’t yet been decided upon, but they will only be available as part of the book.
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18th February 2008
We’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas on the Adam Ant Art book, so we’ve now added a suggestion box to this website. You can use it to send us your feedback about the project, and although we cannot reply to your messages individually we will read them all. What do you think of the book idea? What would you most like to see inside? Click here to tell us.
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13th February 2008
It’s great to see that initial response to the book idea has been very positive, and we’ve had a good number of registrations so far. There’s still a fair way to go before the book can be confirmed, however, so if you haven’t already registered your interested please do so using the form on this page. And if you have already registered, please help us spread the word – you could tell your friends, mention the project on your blog or just add this site to your social bookmarks.
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12th February 2008
We’ve set up this site to keep you informed about the Adam Ant Art project. You can not only register your interest in the book, but also watch the blog for the latest updates and announcements. You may also like to subscribe to the RSS or Atom feed of posts to the site.
If the book is confirmed, we’ll ask you to return to the site again to preorder your copy.
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12th February 2008
Adam is considering putting together a new deluxe, illustrated book, provisionally titled Adam Ant Art.
It will be a very personal book from Adam that celebrates his artistic influences and inspirations, both musical and visual, and will include words and pictures on his musical and artistic heroes. The book will feature some of Adam’s unpublished original artworks, storyboards for videos, sketches, collages and original hand-written lyrics and lyrical ideas.
If this goes ahead it will be a lavish, full colour, hardback, priced at around £45. This special book will have a limited print run and will not be available in bookshops, it will be sold exclusively online, direct to Ant fans.
However, in order to proceed, we need to confirm a certain level of interest, otherwise the project may well need to be adapted due to the high costs involved in producing a book of this type.
You can register your interest in pre-ordering the book by entering your e-mail address in the box on this page. This is not a binding commitment and you will not be asked to part with any money at this stage. By registering your interest now you will help ensure the book does go ahead.
Once the ordering process begins you will be the first to know and, if you choose to purchase, guarantee yourself a copy of this special book from the limited run.
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Please note that the image of the book shown on this page is for illustration purposes only. The final book may look different.
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