
Loose Monk
Poems by Fabian Peake
Ridinghouse (Publisher)
Published on 15. August 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-1-909932-00-5 (ISBN)
Description
Fabian Peake draws on nature, memory and everyday life to create works that, although concrete in look, are distinct from the hard abstraction of concrete poetry. Comprising 41 works in verse, shape poems and abstract pieces written over a 20-year period, the volume's design is sensitive to the unique visual look of each poem.
The writing grows from his background as an artist and is in a tradition of painter-poets like Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters and Paul Klee. Peake says that 'there is an unavoidable parallel between how I build a poem and the way I construct a painting.'
To introduce the book, editors Jeremy Akerman and Eileen Daly discuss with Peake the relationship between art and writing; the poem's underlying themes and subject matter; as well as poetic form and abstraction.
The writing grows from his background as an artist and is in a tradition of painter-poets like Hans Arp, Kurt Schwitters and Paul Klee. Peake says that 'there is an unavoidable parallel between how I build a poem and the way I construct a painting.'
To introduce the book, editors Jeremy Akerman and Eileen Daly discuss with Peake the relationship between art and writing; the poem's underlying themes and subject matter; as well as poetic form and abstraction.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
2 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-909932-00-5 (9781909932005)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jeremy Akerman is an artist and writer, Eileen Daly is an editor and writer. They have a shared interest in artists' writing, which they see as a distinct area of visual arts practice that has a character of its own. In response they have made space for artists' writing to be commissioned, read and performed. This means publishing books, online publishing, performative readings, interviews and more.