THE GODMOTHER by Joy Williams, with artwork by Walton Ford—I love this book. Amazing first sentence. It’s a delight to put this book out with Picture Books, and to connect Walton and Joy to collaborate on this project—spooky and funny and wolf-haunted. I think you will love it! And a Joy Williams/Walton Ford poster is a dream—🌸 Design by Peter Mendelsund @petermendelsund , edited by Willing Davidson @willing.davidson , available at Gagosian @gagosian
New Picture Books is out: Lydia Millet's brilliant novella “Lyrebird” with a painting by Genieve Figgis inspired by the story’s setting ♥️❤️ design by Peter Mendelsund
The third book in the Picture Books series is here: Sam Lipsyte’s truly excellent novella, Friend of the Pod, with artwork by Jordan Wolfson. I love it so much 🌹
🌸So happy to finally share this project🌸
PICTURE BOOKS is a new imprint, created in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery and the genius Peter Mendelsund. PICTURE BOOKS invites contemporary artists to make work in response to fiction by some of my favorite writers.
☯️The first book in the series is MY NEW NOVEL, a story by Ottessa Moshfegh with a killer painting by Issy Wood. ☯️
The books are limited-edition hardcovers, designed by Peter Mendelsund, and include the artwork as a removable, collectible poster.
Upcoming authors in the series include Percival Everett, Elif Batuman, Mary Gaitskill and Lydia Millet.
☯️MY NEW NOVEL will be available in December 2021 at the Gagosian shop and website, as well as in select bookstores. ☯️
