Description: Gods of Earth and Heaven. Joel-Peter Witkin. Text by Gus Blaisdale and John Yau. Twelvetrees Press. Second edition 1991. 124 pages, 52 duotone plates. 13" x 10". ISBN 0-942642-39-1.Excellent condition. Unopened in publisher's original shrink wrap. No defects observed through original shrink wrap.Free domestic shipping USPS Media Mail. This is the second volume of Witkin's drawings and photographs published by Twelvetrees Press. It includes work selected from a ten year period, all of which is reproduced in color to capture the rich and subtle tones of Witkin's photographs. The subject matter is as controversial as ever: cadavers, transsexuals, and animals are carefully arranged to create a mythology that could originate only in the mind of this singular artist. Once you have witnessed the dark, sensational visions of Joel-Peter Witkin, you will never be the same again. Witkin gets to you. Here you will encounter hermaphrodites, malformed bodies, Siamese twins, corpses, fetuses, cut-off heads, and self-torturers. Witkin's compositions go far beyond conventional "freak show" tableaux to achieve a sinister and dignified beauty, and he includes numerous art-historical references that add context and acerbic wit. This exquisitely produced collection of black-and-white photographs will take you, as Guy Blaisdell writes in an essay at the end of the book, into "a human afterworld ... one that comes before or after the death of this world--a place where the spirits of the dead live on by sitting as works of art for their portraits, descending into our moment and returning always to their identical selves." Warning: Not for those under 18 and/or easily disturbed.
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Book Title: Gods of Earth and Heaven
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Item Length: 13.4in.
Publisher: Twelvetrees Press
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition, Limited Edition
Publication Year: 1989
Type: Picture Book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 0.8in.
Personalized: No
Author: Joel-Peter Witkin
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Adult & Erotic, Art & Culture, Fantasy, Imagery, LGBT, Photography, Sexuality
Country/Region of Manufacture: Hong Kong
Topic: Abstract Art, Abstract Photography, Artists, Erotic Photography, Fine Arts, LGBT Studies, Photographers, Surrealism
Item Width: 10.3in.
Item Weight: 42.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 124 Pages