cail_judy's review against another edition
5.0
Read this in one-go. Beautiful work, made me a fan of a Brunetti. He has a particular style that benefits from background and context. Depressing and inspiring in equal measure.
wilsonthomasjoseph's review against another edition
I really love Ivan Brunetti's philosophy and work. So interesting! There is some really good zingers in here of literary wondrousness, but I wish there was more of the life and all of that!
maiakobabe's review against another edition
4.0
Aesthetics collects illustrations, comics, doodles and ephemera from Ivan Brunetti's long career. Brunetti's captions are unfailingly pessimistic and self-deprecating but his work has a lightness that keeps it above a Chris Ware level of depression. This is a fairly slight book, but the photos of Brunetti's sculptures and vintage art collections as well as the curated drawings definitely deepened my understanding of his work.
glitterandtwang's review against another edition
4.0
nice retrospective of brunetti's work. i hadn't realized that he was losing his vision to diabetes, which i was sad to learn. not a text-heavy read, but definitely worthwhile to see photos of his tiny sculptures.
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