So what did I do with all those W.H. Smiths vouchers after all? Well, I couldn't get at all excited about investing in DVD technology, and it was a browse in Tate Liverpool's bookshop which eventually inspired me. I put in a Smiths order for ten books in the Adventures in Art series.
They're kids books, really, I think. But I love them. Introductions to the work of various famous and influential artists, in colourfully-produced hardcover, with an interactive style, encouraging the reader to get alongside the artist in their workshop or spend a time in their physical- or thought-world.
Ten books - also including Bruegel's "Tower of Babel", two on Marc Chagall ("What Colour Is Paradise?" and "Life Is a Dream"), Paul Klee, Claude Monet, "A Day with Picasso", Leonardo Da Vinci: "Dreams, Schemes and Flying Machines", "The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Salvador Dali" and one called "Mind Boggling Mazes and Loopy Labyrinths". I shall perhaps live with one a month into the new year; it'll be a breeze.
john davies
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