Black Masters

Black Masters collects the “master drawings” of English artist Jody Barton in the same way that musicians once kept master tapes of their recordings. Printed full-size or several to a page, Barton’s stylized black marker drawings riff on themes of violence, destruction, and modern dystopian visions as depicted through cartoonish characters and clever wordplay. The book comprises over 600 drawings made over the past seven years, loosely organized by stylistic theme and published for the first time in this collection.