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Derek Jarman''s place in the history of film is assured by virtue of his vibrant, defiant films that experiment with the very process of film-making and create new forms. His paintings, their excitements and their profundity, are less well known.

Michael Charlesworth sheds light on the varied ramifications of Jarman''s artistic practice from his years at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, and provides the first book-length study of his interest in depth psychology. He draws on Jarman''s paintings, especially his landscapes from the 1960s and 70s, his multiple series such as ''black'' and ''broken glass'', GBH, Queer and Evil Queen, and his last Ecstatic Landscapes (1991-3). He also showcases Jarman''s excellence as a writer with respect to his memoir, Kicking the Pricks. In a novel approach to Jarman''s cinema, selecting films such as Journey to Avebury (1973), Caravaggio (1986), The Garden (1990) and Blue (1993), Cha

Derek Jarmans Visionary Arts

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 13 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781350385733
      978-1350385733
      ISBN-10 1350385735
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Derek Jarman''s place in the history of film is assured by virtue of his vibrant, defiant films that experiment with the very process of film-making and create new forms. His paintings, their excitements and their profundity, are less well known.

      Michael Charlesworth sheds light on the varied ramifications of Jarman''s artistic practice from his years at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, and provides the first book-length study of his interest in depth psychology. He draws on Jarman''s paintings, especially his landscapes from the 1960s and 70s, his multiple series such as ''black'' and ''broken glass'', GBH, Queer and Evil Queen, and his last Ecstatic Landscapes (1991-3). He also showcases Jarman''s excellence as a writer with respect to his memoir, Kicking the Pricks. In a novel approach to Jarman''s cinema, selecting films such as Journey to Avebury (1973), Caravaggio (1986), The Garden (1990) and Blue (1993), Cha

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