| Skeleton Breath, Scorpion Blush |
| Don Van Vliet |
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A beautiful book featuring 16 of Don's paintings and 16 of his lyrics or poems. Published by Verlag Gachnang & Springer |
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Paintings:
Poems:
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| Overview by Graham Johnston |
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This is a wonderful selection of some of my favourites of Don's paintings and poems, beautifully put together in a slender but substantial paperback. The reproductions of the paintings are simply glorious - they may be small in size, but the detail and colours are exceptional, putting the vastly inferiour scans on this web-site to shame. A small note near the back of the book states: 'The poems have been assembled by Don Van Vliet especially for this edition'. It is probably fair to assume that these are Don's favourite poems, and I certainly wouldn't disagree with him. The book features a poetic introduction from A.R.Penck entitled To Don Van Vliet, fortunately a different piece from his alarmingly self-indulgent For Don Van Vliet that appeared in Stand Up To Be Discontinued. Also included is a charcoal sketch by Don, what looks like a lino cut of Don by A. R. Penck, and a black and white snap of Don on the phone in 1985. Highly recommended. |
| Availability |
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Varies. Amazon lists it as being long out of print, however copies were available at http://www.bookshop.co.uk at the time of writing. If this situation changes, or you know of any where else selling this book, please let me know. |
