Every Exit is an Entry: The Life and Work of Liam O'Gallagher

Every Exit Is An Entry: The Life and Work of Liam O Gallagher shares the art, writing and story of a highly original individual. A creative catalyst in 20th century art and literature, O Gallagher spent a lifetime avoiding the spotlight. With his life-partner Robert Rheem and close circle of friends, he inhabited the world of freethinkers, painters, beat poets and sages, quietly impacting the lives of others. With unprecedented access to the artist s archives and journals, author Kevin Wallace explores O Gallagher life and work, joined by guest authors William Gray Harris, Whit Hibbard, Jan Herman, Cynthia Newby Luce, Michael McClure, India Supera and Lewis Warsh and insights from friends and associates, including Charles Amirkarian, Michael Bernsohn, Henry Dakin, Hammond Guthrie, Roshi Joan Halifax, Judith McBean, Paul Sand and Gerd Stern. Featuring a number of previously unpublished works, Every Exit Is An Entry: The Life and Work of Liam O Gallagher is a journey through the cultural landscape of the 20th century a marriage of text and imagery by award-winning designer Ron Shore that is a work of art in itself. Encountering the work, experiences and interior life of Liam O Gallagher, the reader may never view contemporary culture, art or the human experience, in quite the same way ever again.

Kevin Wallace is the Director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts in Ojai, California. He is a regular contributor to numerous international publications and has guest-curated exhibitions for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Cultural Affairs Department of Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport and the San Luis Obispo Art Center. Previous books include Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Transforming Vision: The Wood Sculpture of William Hunter, 1970-2005, River of Destiny: The Life and Work of Binh Pho, and Moulthrop: A Legacy in Wood. Wallace has co-authored a number of books, including New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries of Wood Art, The Art of Vivika and Otto Heino, Contemporary Turned Wood: New Perspectives in a Rich Tradition, Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, and Contemporary Glass: Color, Light & Form.