Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Deluxe Edition)

Name: Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Deluxe Edition)
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9780500517185
Price: 365.0 NZD
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Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Deluxe Edition) offers an intimate glimpse into the life and creative process of the groundbreaking artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman. This beautifully produced collection features poetry, drawings, pressed flowers, photographs, script excerpts, and personal notes from Jarman's sketchbooks, serving as both autobiography and social history. Contributions from close collaborators and friends, including Tilda Swinton and Neil Tennant, enrich the narrative with insights into Britain's cultural climate during the 1970s and 80s.
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Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks (Deluxe Edition)

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This deluxe edition is ideal for enthusiasts of visual arts, filmmaking, and cultural history, particularly those interested in British art and LGBTQ+ creative expression during the late 20th century. It will appeal to readers who appreciate intimate, artistic journals and the behind-the-scenes processes of pioneering artists.

Containing poetry, drawings, pressed flowers, photographs, excerpts from scripts and notes, this book features Derek Jarman's sketchbooks that are part autobiography and part social history, bursting with the energy and creativity of this groundbreaking artist.

A deluxe edition of this intimate portrait of one of Britain’s most influential film-makers – limited to 500 copies, slipcased and with three prints from the sketchbooks

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There are few more complete examples of an artist's record of their own life than the intimately detailed and beautifully produced books that Derek Jarman created throughout his career. Seen together they reveal the story of how he gathered, shaped and made concrete his ideas.

Containing poetry, drawings, pressed flowers, photographs, excerpts from scripts and notes, Derek Jarman's Sketchbooks are part autobiography and part social history, bursting with the energy and creativity of this groundbreaking artist. This publication collates the best of Jarman's sketchbooks to reveal the detailed planning and emotional engagement behind each of his films in more depth than ever before.

Contributions from people closely tied to Jarman's work—including actress Tilda Swinton, musician Toyah Willcox, artist Andrew Logan, Neil Tennant from the Pet Shop Boys, and Jarman's partner Keith Collins—bring to life the filmmaker's social circle and the cultural climate of Britain in the 1970s and 80s. Excerpts from early scripts, sketches and notes in particular ensure this is destined to be an essential work.

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Critics praise the book as an exquisitely curated collection that blends visual art and written word, revealing Jarman's evolution as a filmmaker, artist, and gardener. Described as gorgeously realised and beautifully put together, it highlights Jarman's talents as a visual artist, calligrapher, and poet. The volume is recommended for its detailed reproduction of his sketchbooks and the emotional engagement found within.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780500517185

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 September 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Thames & Hudson Ltd

Illustration: 9 Illustrations, black and white; 187 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Stephen Farthing

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 240.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 2410g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Stephen Farthing is a painter and the Rootstein Hopkins Research Professor of Drawing at the University of the Arts, London.

Ed Webb-Ingall is a film producer who holds a research position at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.