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Bridging the worlds of high art and true crime, Exquisite Corpse presents a unique perspective on the most notorious unsolved murder case of the twentieth century–the bizarre 1947 killing of Elizabeth Short, better known as the Black Dahlia murder. Unlike previous books on the Black Dahlia, Exquisite Corpse provides a detailed and compelling explanation for the unusual nature of this gruesome killing. Exquisite Corpse reveals, through visual comparisons and hist… More >>
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This catalogue focuses on the process of artistic transformation which took place when a group of European Surrealists were forced in exile during World War II and sought refuge in New York…. More >>
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Is creativity a therapeutic, culturally enriching and health-giving pursuit, or is it an outpouring of darkly unconscious, neurotically dangerous material? What have been some of the important modern influences on our assumptions and ideas about creativity? Using a fascinatingly varied but beautifully controlled blend of approaches, Kevin Brophy explores questions of what creative writers might think they are doing and what might be influencing those ideas. I… More >>
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“Mirror Images is a welcome successor to Whitney Chadwick’s significant work on the hitherto neglected history of women and surrealism. An impressive list of contributors explores the byways, bringing this tragic, funny, and engrossing story up to recent times.” — Lucy Lippard, author of The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art During the 1930s and 1940s, women artists associated with the Surrealist movement produced a significant body of self-… More >>