{"product_id":"the-613-archie-rand-9780399173769","title":"The 613","description":"\u003cb\u003eArtist Archie Rand creates a glorious reimagining of the 613 Jewish commandments using comic strips and pulp fiction jackets to capture each mitzvah. A gift for the eyes, this unique collage of images, ranging from Lox to superheroes, is not your Bubbe's graphic novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If Leviticus seems an unlikely text for a comic strip, look again. Or rather look at Archie Rand's magnificent series of commandments, The 613. The beauty, terror, and fun are all there in one magic, mesmerizing wall of colored shapes and visual oratory. It's a splendid series.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJohn Ashbery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[R]ichly colored, always stirring works of visual art...[\u003ci\u003eThe 613\u003c\/i\u003e] is something like seeing a cinema-sized version of ancient wisdom transmuted through a comic (and then blown up again).\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Flavorwire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A new book by a trailblazing artist...\u003ci\u003eThe 613\u003c\/i\u003e pairs mitzvahs with appropriated images from Mad Magazine, pulp and 20th-century illustration. Sometimes the connections are obvious, sometimes intriguingly oblique. It is outrageous and inviting, in-your-face and mysterious, making Rand's case 613 times over.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--David Van Biema, \u003ci\u003eReligion News Service\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArchie Rand's career as an artist spans five decades and myriad themes and genres. Among his pioneering explorations, \u003ci\u003eThe 613\u003c\/i\u003e is surely one of his most ambitious feats yet. Without any idea where the work would be exhibited, Rand began transforming each and every one of the 613 mitzvahs, or commandments, into its own breathtaking painting, a series that took five years to complete. \u003cbr\u003e Each of the gorgeous and perplexing panels features a vibrant, unexpected image that brings forth the heart of its law and commands our eyes to linger. Rand is startling and original in his rich color choices, bold characters, and extraordinarily expressive approach. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003edescribes the paintings as \"rendered in the style of comics and pulp fiction book jackets, a dash of \u003ci\u003eMad \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, a spoonful of \u003ci\u003eTales of the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e, some grotesques, some superheroes, always action, emotion, drama.\" Whether grotesque or dramatic, each painting provokes a sense of wonder and self-reflection, making \u003ci\u003eThe 613\u003c\/i\u003e a book to be visited time and time again. Perfect for readers of art, religion, or popular visual culture, \u003ci\u003eThe 613 \u003c\/i\u003emay be the most audacious and distinctive gift book of its kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Archie Rand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0399173765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399173769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Rider Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.70w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2015 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/13\/2015 pg. 42","brand":"Archie Rand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46618191528191,"sku":"9780399173769","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bac9531a-bd96-47fc-b32b-d4dbdf7ec39e.jpg?v=1740069415","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-613-archie-rand-9780399173769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}