Not for Art's Sake: Quentin BlakeAn art book about art that has a purpose, focusing on work by Quentin Blake that has been commissioned for a particular place or for a particular use. Illustration is the most accessible visual artform and one that is used in all aspects of life; as Quentin Blake says, 'it is, if you like, a vernacular; its a language that everybody understands. They may look at it and not think that theyre looking at art, but its having the effect on them of art. Its

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