Sex Magic
Ithell Colquhoun's Diagrams of Love
Published on 8. February 2024
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-1-84976-880-1 (ISBN)
Description
A unique body of work and a radical contribution to our understanding of magic, art, sexual enlightenment and female desire, this exquisitely illustrated book provides an introduction to Ithell Colquhoun's enigmatic series of paintings, drawings and poems: Diagrams of Love.
Exploring Colquhoun's blend of alchemical, Kabbalistic and Tantric imagery and placed within the context of theories of sex magic extant in the occult subcultures of the early twentieth century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is one to treasure.
Exploring Colquhoun's blend of alchemical, Kabbalistic and Tantric imagery and placed within the context of theories of sex magic extant in the occult subcultures of the early twentieth century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is one to treasure.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
62 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
416 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84976-880-1 (9781849768801)
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Dr Amy Hale is an Atlanta-based writer, curator, and critic, ethnographer and folklorist, speaking and writing about esoteric history, magic, art, culture, women and Cornwall. She writes and speaks on topics as diverse as psychogeography, Pagan religious tourism, colour theory, and politics in modern Paganism.
Hale has written widely on the surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, including Bonsoir (2022) and Sex Magic: Diagrams of Love (2024). As a gallery writer and essayist, she has contributed essays for Tate, Burlington Contemporary, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Correspondences Journal, Camden Arts Centre, Art UK, Heavenly Records and Spike Island. She was an exhibition consultant on the major retrospective, Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds.
Hale has written widely on the surrealist and occultist Ithell Colquhoun, including Bonsoir (2022) and Sex Magic: Diagrams of Love (2024). As a gallery writer and essayist, she has contributed essays for Tate, Burlington Contemporary, The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Correspondences Journal, Camden Arts Centre, Art UK, Heavenly Records and Spike Island. She was an exhibition consultant on the major retrospective, Ithell Colquhoun: Between Worlds.