Out of My Head
The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baque
Published on 30. May 2023
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-68396-681-4 (ISBN)
Description
Out of My Head: The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué tells the unbelievable story of a World War II-era police officer in Barcelona who in his private time created 1500 imaginary creatures and told not a soul about them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
400 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 284 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 44 mm
Weight
1544 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68396-681-4 (9781683966814)
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Brian Chidester is an art historian, author, documentarian, and journalist. Exhibitions he has curated include: One Day You'll See: A History of Afrofuturism and Charles A.A. Dellschau and the Mythology of Flight. He is a contributor of articles and reviews for The American Prospect, The Atlantic, L.A. Weekly, Paste, and The Village Voice, and is the author of Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Era (Santa Monica Press). Chidester has also been a writer/researcher/producer of documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and Showtime, and is the director of the feature-length film As the Wind: The Enchanted Life of Eden Ahbez. He lives in New York City.