The Museum Vaults

Marc-Antoine Mathieu

The Museum Vaults

An art assessor must evaluate the vast collections of the Louvre in an alternate Kafkaesque world where all is warehoused in an endless ever-deepening succession of basements levels. 4.0 out of 5 based on 1 reviews
The Museum Vaults

Omniscore:

Classification Fiction
Genre Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Format Paperback
Pages 54
RRP £9.99
Date of Publication October 2008
ISBN 978-1561635146
Publisher NBM
 

An art assessor must evaluate the vast collections of the Louvre in an alternate Kafkaesque world where all is warehoused in an endless ever-deepening succession of basements levels.

Reviews

The Guardian

Craig Taylor

"Mathieu has a knack for caricature, but it's the ideas behind the black and white panels that make it successful. Can anyone become an expert and truly assess what defines art? In one particularly effective set of panels, a withered caretaker shows all the different versions of the Mona Lisa, each one painted with a nearly imperceptible difference in the smile. Mixing jokes with profound meditations on art, Mathieu will make any new visitor to the Louvre curious about its mysteries."

31/01/2009

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