The publication traces the persistence of Gothic themes and motives in art through a close reading of three narratives imagined on the shores of Lake Geneva during the summer of 1816 by Mary Shelley, John Polidori, and Lord Byron, which marked the beginnings of a modern gothic fiction that continues to influence and resonate today.
With a rich selection of illustrations—375 in color—spanning the centuries from the eighteenth to the twenty-first, and a wide-ranging series of essays by contemporary writers and critics, the catalog offers a perspective on this artistic and literary genre, and shines a light on the dark side of humanity.
Thanks to a pocket-size format, this 480-page exhibition catalog is very practical to consult and share.
Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Musée Rath, Geneva, from December 2, 2016, to March 19, 2017.
Works by
Darren Almond,
Jean Arp, Francis Bacon, Hans Bellmer, François-Auguste Biard, William Blake, Umberto Boccioni,
Mel Bochner, Hieronymus Bosch, André Breton,
Louise Bourgeois,
Eugène Carrière, Joseph Conrad, Guido Crepax, Moyra Davey, Francisco De Goya, Comte De Lautréamont,
Niki de Saint Phalle,
Otto Dix,
Jason Dodge, Philippe Druillet,
Marcel Duchamp, Marlene Dumas, James Ensor,
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd,
Raoul Hausmann, Caspar David Friedrich, Henry Fuseli, Théodore Géricault,
H.R. Giger, George Grosz, Werner Herzog,
Eva Hesse,
Peter Hutchinson,
Alex Israel & Bret Easton Ellis,
Mike Kelley,
Karen Kilimnik, Paul Klee, Oskar Kokoschka,
Glenn Ligon, Franz Marc, John Martin,
Henri Michaux, John Everett Millais,
Robert Morris,
Otto Muehl,
Hermann Nitsch, Meret Oppenheim,
Tony Oursler, Odilon Redon,
François-Gédéon Reverdin,
Tim Rollins, Félicien Rops,
Sterling Ruby,
Ed Ruscha,
John Ruskin, Mary Shelley,
Cindy Sherman,
Oskar Schlemmer, Dana Schutz,
Linder Sterling, Bram Stoker, August Strindberg, Alina Szapocznikow,
Paul Thek,
Jean Tinguely, Clovis Trouille, Vincent Van Gogh, Lynd Ward,
Andy Warhol, Caspar Wolf...
