The Magical Art of Surreal Romanticism

by Oliver St. John

Perfect bound paperback edition. The book includes six high quality full colour reproductions of fine art, including rarely seen drawings and paintings by Austin Osman Spare and Ithell Colquhoun. A study of automatism in the arts and the Left-hand path of retroversion of the senses typified by the work of Austin Osman Spare and Kenneth Grant. True automatism is a condition of mind and soul exercised outside and beyond the will of the person, whether...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782808736
• ISBN13: 9781782808732
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Tantrika Books
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"