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The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector’s Journal

Michael K. Corbin
Authorhouse (2008)
ISBN 9781434332134
Reviewed by Kam Aures for Rebeccasreads.com (07/09)


“The Art of Everyday Joe:  A Collector’s Journal”  by Michael K. Corbinis a very down-to-earth book about contemporary art.  I by no means consider myself to be an artist.   I am also not an art collector, unless you count collecting the masterpieces that my children paint.  However, I do enjoy looking at art.  My sons and I make quite a few trips to the museum to look at various exhibits and participate in the art museum’s activities. 

Michael Corbin’s book is a book for people like me:  average, everyday people who are interested in art.  In the introduction to the book he states:  “Oh, even if you are not an art lover, start here and now.  Everyone appreciates art.  They just need a little confidence.  Invite art into your life!  Let it take you over.  You won’t be sorry.  You can have your own personal relationship with art.  All you need is curiosity, desire, goodwill, and a willingness to travel.” (p. ix) 

The writing in the book is easy to understand and completely relatable.  Corbin presents us with a series of essays, intermixed with pictures of various pieces of art from his own collection.  The essays vary quite widely in subject matter, but all have the same purpose of showing us that art is everywhere.

I think that “The Art of Everyday Joe:  A Collector’s Journal” will appeal to a wide audience.  It is definitely not a stuffy book, nor is it intimidating as some books on the subject can tend to be.  It is a book for the common person who is interested in art and I believe that anyone even remotely interested in the topic will enjoy this book!

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