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NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: RAYMOND PETTIBON, ALBUM COVERS by Raymond Pettibon

Name: NERVOUS BREAKDOWN: RAYMOND PETTIBON, ALBUM COVERS by Raymond Pettibon
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A collection of works by American artist Raymond Pettibon. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany, from April to September 2026.

This volume is the definitive collection of the artist’s album covers, uniting art and music in one powerful visual history. Featuring work for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Lana Del Rey, and many others, this volume traces the artist’s bold influence on alternative culture from the late 1970s to today.

Throughout his decades-long career, the artist has remained deeply engaged with the world around him. His interests range from political works that offer biting satire of American geopolitics to poetic meditations on surfing and baseball. His aesthetic and political sensibilities originated in the punk scene that thrived in Southern California, his first home, in the late 1970s and 1980s—evidenced in his collaborations with bands such as the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Saccharine Trust. Among the most iconic works featured in this collection is the artist’s four-column logo design for Black Flag. His distinctive artwork appears on albums for a wide range of legendary musicians, including Iggy Pop, Foo Fighters, and Lana Del Rey, among many others.

This volume spotlights the artist’s enduring impact on the music industry, presenting for the first time every record, CD, and cassette cover since 1979 that features his artwork. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany, this catalogue features more than two hundred works from the collection of German art collector Stefan Thull. In addition to essays by writer and editor Max Dax, art historian and design scholar Robert Eikmeyer, and curator and art critic Ulrich Loock, the volume also includes an essay written by musician, visual artist, and authorKim Gordon for the 1985 issue of Artforum. Furthermore, as a catalogue raisonné of the artist’s album artwork, this volume is an essential resource for fans, scholars, and collectors of contemporary art and music history alike.

The definitive collection of Raymond Pettibon’s album covers, uniting art and music in one powerful visual history. Featuring work for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Lana Del Rey, and many others, this volume traces the artist’s bold influence on alternative culture from the late 1970s to today.

Throughout his decades-long career, Raymond Pettibon has remained deeply engaged with the world around him, whether through biting political satire of American geopolitics or poetic meditations on surfing and baseball. Pettibon’s aesthetic and political sensibilities originated in the punk scene that thrived in Southern California, the artist’s first home, in the late 1970s and 1980s—evidenced in his collaborations with bands such as the Minutemen, Sonic Youth, and Saccharine Trust. Among the most iconic works featured in this collection is Pettibon’s four-column logo design for Black Flag. His distinctive artwork appears on albums for a wide range of legendary musicians, including Iggy Pop, Foo Fighters, and Lana Del Rey, among many others.

Nervous Breakdown spotlights the artist’s enduring impact on the music industry, presenting for the first time every record, CD, and cassette cover since 1979 that features his artwork. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany, this catalogue features more than two hundred works from the Stefan Thull Collection. With essays by Max Dax, Robert Eikmeyer, and Ulrich Loock, and a 1985 Artforum essay by Kim Gordon, the book includes a catalogue raisonné of Pettibon’s album artwork, an essential resource for fans, scholars, and collectors of contemporary art and music history alike.