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Book SynopsisChasing Dragons tells the story of one artist''s quest for self-discovery and new modes of expressioninspiring the same spirit in his subjects and all those who encounter his work. Presented here is a stunning visual autobiography, chronicling more than five decades of artistic vision. In this impressive, autobiographical tour de force, artist Bill Hayward presents more than five decades of visual artwork alongside his own personal narrativehis musings on childhood experiences, moments of epiphany, and the fragments of literature that have inspired him along the way. Arranged in five acts, Chasing Dragons: An Uncommon Memoir in Photographs traces the evolution of Hayward''s workfrom traditional portraiture to increasingly abstract and altered images, figurative paintings, dance, performance, and film.
Trade ReviewChasing Dragons: An Uncommon Memoir in Photographs by Bill Hayward tells the story of one artist's quest for self-discovery and new modes of expression, tracing the evolution of photographer Hayward's work from traditional portraiture to increasingly abstract and altered images, figurative paintings, dance, performance, and film. -- Annie Coreno Publishers Weekly, June 19, 2015 One of the beauties of Chasing Dragons (hunting the dragon smoke of the imagination) is (going back to the patterning, grouping, repetitiveness of the images) that you can see Hayward, the artist, thinking without words, thinking with the images themselves, making and remaking, with slight variation, the same gesture, scene, idea. The effect is mesmerizing; rarely do you get to see so many materializations of the same artistic thought. -- Douglas Glover Numero Cinq, October 2015 Uncommon it is, and beautiful, and quite possibly the first of its kind. Chasing Dragons documents in photographs, paintings, and film stills, Bill Hayward's evolution over five decades from portrait photographer to abstract painter, filmmaker, and multimedia artist. -- Stacey Harwood Best American Poetry
