Description
This Young Monster is a hallucinatory celebration of artists who raise hell, transform their bodies, anger their elders and show their audience dark, disturbing things. What does it mean to be a freak? Why might we be wise to think of the present as a time of monstrosity? And how does the concept of the monster irradiate our thinking about queerness, disability, children and adolescents? From Twin Peaks to Leigh Bowery, Harmony Korine to Alice in Wonderland, This Young Monster gets high on a whole range of riotous art as its voice and form shape-shift, all in the name of dealing with the strange wonders of what Nabokov once called 'monsterhood'. Ready or not, here they come...
Author: Charlie Fox
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Published: 06/05/2018
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781910695357
ISBN10: 1910695351
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | General
- Art | Criticism & Theory
- Literary Collections | Essays
About the Author
Charlie Fox is a writer who lives in London. He was born in 1991. His work has appeared in many publications including frieze, Cabinet, Sight & Sound, ArtReview, The Wire and The White Review.