Mu Pan’s book in the 31 Best Gift Books of the Chicago Tribune
31 Best Gift Books: From Chicago books to pretty atlases, these titles remind us of life outside 2020
By CHRISTOPHER BORRELLI CHICAGO TRIBUNE |
DEC 08, 2020 AT 12:32 PM
(…) Speaking of pop art: “American Fried Rice: The Art of Mu Pan” (Abrams, $65) only looks like a study of ancient war murals. Look closer. This collection from the Taiwan-born prankster are remarkable bits of art mimicry slapped against cheesier shout-outs to “Star Wars,” Bruce Lee movies, fast food — the point being, high or low art, it’s all myth making. (…)
!["Strata: William Smith’s Geological Maps" edited by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (clockwise from left); "The Encyclopedia of New York" by the editors of New York; "America 1900" by Marc Walter and Sabine Arqué; "American Fried Rice: The Art of Mu Pan" by Mu Pan; and "Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists" by Antwaun Sargent.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/of0fO0rQYMKSXI2cK_fH0fcsSFI=/800x533/top/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tronc/4L5BXNXJ7BANJH2TDGHY4ZCJSM.jpg)