Geoffrey Gates (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Christopher Tiffen discovers a painting by little-known Antipodean surrealist Robert J. Wake in the Sydney Art Gallery one summer, he is smitten by both the mysterious artist and the woman by his side viewing the painting Agnes Alert of Barcelona. Tiffen is struggling with his research and Robert J. Wake offers him a rich seam.So begins the intriguing search from Sydney to London and Wakes early days as a surrealist painter; to France and to Barcelona where he disappears in 1937, and beyond.Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. It is a literary novel that seamlessly crosses genres, combining elements of mystery fiction and a love story.The Phantom Surrealist is a reconstruction of an artist's life in an intriguing and hallucinatory double-narration. With realistic sleuthing and tender evocations of an Australian abroad, Geoffrey Gates seamlessly combines past and present, pseudo-biography and history, in a prose wrought with the smoothness and clarity of a lyric poet. A witty analysis of ambition, desire, invention and rediscovery. Brian CastroSassy, smart and endlessly surprising, this part artistic mystery, part playful biography, inserts a little-known Antipodean Surrealist, Robert J. Wake, into the grand narratives of Modernism, art and war. Deliciously funny and remarkably informative, Gates' writing is invigorating and deft. The novel reminds us that truth in fiction, as in life, is always shifting and that Australian artists need to be recognised alongside their European counterparts, despite the tyranny of distance. Molly Murn Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Inscribed & signed by the author. 213 pages. Author's first novel. A gem full of bubbling ideas. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Extra Large 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, unpaginated, approx. 72pp on glossy art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: NEW copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Christopher Tiffen discovers a painting by little-known Antipodean surrealist Robert J. Wake in the Sydney Art Gallery one summer, he is smitten by both the mysterious artist and the woman by his side viewing the painting Agnes Alert of Barcelona. Tiffen is struggling with his research and Robert J. Wake offers him a rich seam.So begins the intriguing search from Sydney to London and Wakes early days as a surrealist painter; to France and to Barcelona where he disappears in 1937, and beyond.Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. It is a literary novel that seamlessly crosses genres, combining elements of mystery fiction and a love story.The Phantom Surrealist is a reconstruction of an artist's life in an intriguing and hallucinatory double-narration. With realistic sleuthing and tender evocations of an Australian abroad, Geoffrey Gates seamlessly combines past and present, pseudo-biography and history, in a prose wrought with the smoothness and clarity of a lyric poet. A witty analysis of ambition, desire, invention and rediscovery. Brian CastroSassy, smart and endlessly surprising, this part artistic mystery, part playful biography, inserts a little-known Antipodean Surrealist, Robert J. Wake, into the grand narratives of Modernism, art and war. Deliciously funny and remarkably informative, Gates' writing is invigorating and deft. The novel reminds us that truth in fiction, as in life, is always shifting and that Australian artists need to be recognised alongside their European counterparts, despite the tyranny of distance. Molly Murn Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When Christopher Tiffen discovers a painting by little-known Antipodean surrealist Robert J. Wake in the Sydney Art Gallery one summer, he is smitten by both the mysterious artist and the woman by his side viewing the painting Agnes Alert of Barcelona. Tiffen is struggling with his research and Robert J. Wake offers him a rich seam.So begins the intriguing search from Sydney to London and Wakes early days as a surrealist painter; to France and to Barcelona where he disappears in 1937, and beyond.Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. It is a literary novel that seamlessly crosses genres, combining elements of mystery fiction and a love story.The Phantom Surrealist is a reconstruction of an artist's life in an intriguing and hallucinatory double-narration. With realistic sleuthing and tender evocations of an Australian abroad, Geoffrey Gates seamlessly combines past and present, pseudo-biography and history, in a prose wrought with the smoothness and clarity of a lyric poet. A witty analysis of ambition, desire, invention and rediscovery. Brian CastroSassy, smart and endlessly surprising, this part artistic mystery, part playful biography, inserts a little-known Antipodean Surrealist, Robert J. Wake, into the grand narratives of Modernism, art and war. Deliciously funny and remarkably informative, Gates' writing is invigorating and deft. The novel reminds us that truth in fiction, as in life, is always shifting and that Australian artists need to be recognised alongside their European counterparts, despite the tyranny of distance. Molly Murn Both mesmerising and gently comic, The Phantom Surrealist masterfully captures the ways in which surrealism shook up the staid Australian art world and captured a generation of young radicals. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Stiff Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. An excellent copy . Limited Edition , limited to 81 copies -- one for each year of Havelin's life and one " for general distribution " . This compilation of tributes to Carl Havelin was organized by Ralph Geoffrey Newman and Arnold Gates with the assistance of Russell Spajek . This copy was retained by Newman as his personal copy and it ended up in Gates' Lincoln collection . Both Newman and Gates have tipped in this copy the original letters of some of the contributors . There are twenty-six contributors including John Hope Franklin . norm Corwin , Edward Cramer , Newman , and Alec Wilder . Eight original letters are tipped in this copy , including a letter from Havelin to Newman . One of the more interesting letters is from Mary Nevins to Gates on behalf of her late husband , Allan Nevins . Havelin was active as an advocate of Lincoln related causes and that story is told in these letters . He was a Vice President of the Mutual Broadcasting System . a major music promoter in Hollywood , and the well known announcer of the Rose Bowl .…