On Tender Hooks

Isabel Samaras’s quirky, sexy, pop-surrealist art has had a cult following for years and now at long last her first monograph, *On Tender Hooks* , is here. Drawing her influence from classic TV shows and paintings by the Old Masters–for example riffing on Gricault’s *Raft of the Medusa* by replacing the figures with characters from *Gilligan’s Island* –Samaras has created a witty, erotic, and surreal body of work. This fresh and dazzling volume includes a three-way interview between Samaras and fellow low-brow artists Shag and The Pizz, as well as delightful and enlightening commentary from gallerist Justin Giarla and art writer Colin Berry, and an erotic short story by Lucy Blue.