Jim Isermann Book Signing Praz-Delavallade Los Angeles Saturday, November 13th, 2021 Reception from 4–6pm ABOUT THE BOOK “The domestic heart of Isermann’s design-oriented paintings, sculptures, andinstallations beats in ways not always immediately evident but nonethelessessential to the art’s success. Sometimes it sneaks up when least expected.”-Christopher Knight A comprehensive monograph spanning the forty-year career of Palm Springs–based,queer artist Jim Isermann (born 1955), this title shows the artist’s rst twenty years ofextensive, chronological research of postwar art and design ltered through popularculture and consumerism, followed by twenty years of site-speci c public projects and astudio practice of labor-intensive painting, sculpture, and the occasional product designproject. In 1980, there were no guidebooks to California design or what we now call Midcentury Modern. Isermann constructed his own timeline, object by object, fromthri stores, ea markets and swap meets, making bodies of work that included latchhook rugs paired with painting, stained glass window panels, and handsewn fabric wallhangings. By 1999, Isermann had his rst computer, and so began the second twentyyears of his career, with complex digitally designed patterns that found their form incommercially manufactured modules. Isermann continues to be inspired by theunpredictable, serendipitous moments that breathe life into his work. ABOUT THE ARTIST Jim Isermann (b. 1955) is an American artist based in Palm Springs, California. Sincereceiving an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1980, his artistic outputhas chronicled the con ation of postwar industrial design and ne art through popularculture. From functional installations to discrete objects, Isermann has maintained anun agging belief in the beauty of utilitarian design. His current work is in formal dis-course with its site-speci c architectural setting addressing pragmatic issues of functionand materials. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Christopher Knight is art critic for the Los Angeles Times. He received the 2020 PulitzerPrize in Criticism, a er being a nalist in 1991, 2001 and 2007. Knight also received theLifetime Achievement Award in Art Journalism from the Rabkin Foundation in 2020,and the 1997 Frank Jewett Mather Award for Distinction in Art Criticism from theCollege Art Association, the rst journalist to win the award in more than 25 years. Knight has appeared on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” PBS’ “NewsHour,” NPR’s “Morning Edition”and “All Things Considered” and CNN and was featured in the 2009 documentarymovie, “The Art of the Steal.”