Modern Art:
Les Mason’s
Muse



Epicurean Magazine.

From 1966 until 1979, Mason designed and art directed 77 issues of Epicurean. As the project budget for this food and wine magazine was limited, Les and his design team took charge of innovative approaches to producing each issue.
Borrowing techniques from Surrealism, Geometric Abstraction, Pop Art and Assemblage, each Epicurean issue appears fresh and new. In
Epicurean issue no. 64

No. 50,

Epicurean no. 57,

unexpected ways


In
Epicurean No. 77,

unusual juxtapositions

Mason's deep appreciation for Modern Art can be seen throughout his design career. In branding work for the gate and fencing company
Weldmesh
,
Bicentennial poster

Peace poster

Images:
1. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 56, August–September 1976
2. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 64, December 1975–January 1976
3. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 50, August–September 1974
4. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 57, October–November 1975
5. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 77, February–March 1979
6. Les Mason, transparency featuring grapes and wine glass, c. 1975 7. Les Mason, Epicurean No. 43, June–July 1973
8. Les Mason, Brochure titled 'A.R.C Weldmesh Thoroughbred Protection Panels’, 1967-197
9. Les Mason, Bicentennial Poster, 1988
10. Les Mason, Peace Poster, 1995
