War Games

January / February, 2013

TWO NEW BOOKS PROVE THE ART OF THE PINUP STILL HAS LEGS• The pinup por­trait maintains its status as one of the great forms of modern popular art, thanks to the purity of the for­mula: a beautiful woman presented in her natural glory. Over the years the pinup world brought usBettie Page, Lana Turner, Dita Von Teese and more. Two new volumes celebrate pinups past and present. Together they prove the infinite possibilities of a genre that we, clearly, think can be explored for many more years.