Jean-Philippe Delhomme Satirizes Literary World in New Album

French artist and writer Jean-Philippe Delhomme has released a new album, "La chose littéraire," satirizing the literary milieu. Following his previous work targeting the contemporary art world, this collection of drawings and captions skewers writers and their egos with light yet ferocious humor. The album features nearly a hundred captions, such as "I began to drink excessively, hoping thus to surpass the affectations of a cautious autofiction" and "I long believed that a displayed predilection for young girls preserved one from a bloat of writing." Delhomme's style—soft, melting forms and washed-out colors—mirrors the flaccid megalomania of his subjects. Critic Jacques Henric praises the work as even more successful than its predecessor, noting the drawings' quality and the captions' clinical observation and fine irony.