"William S. Burroughs: All out of time and into space" Catalogue (2012)








London, England: October Gallery (exhibition catalogue), 2012.
8.625" x 9.75, staple-bound, 40 pages.

Exhibition catalogue for a solo show of the works of William S. Burroughs, held at the October Gallery, London, between 6 December 2012 and 16 February 2013. Multiple reproductions of paintings, images of Burroughs, and texts.

This copy was acquired from Joseph Burridge Books (London).

Contents: 

  • James Grauerholz: 
    • photograph of William S. Burroughs (inside front cover)
    • "The Great Globe Is Paint In Air" (essay on Burroughs, with multiple Burroughs quotes) 
  • Kathelin Gray: "One Gallant Man" (essay on Burroughs, November 2012)
  • William S. Burroughs:
    • "Nova Police besieged McEwan Hall" (prose, from Transatlantic Review, 1962)
    • "The Prison Scribe" (paint on paper)
    • "The Ripper Strikes Again: Note Two Bobbies in Upper Left of Picture" (paint and collage on paper)
    • "Untitled, 1988" (paint on paper)
    • "Untitled, 1988" (paint and gunshots on metal sign)
    • "Untitled, 1992" (paint on file folder)
    • "Helpless Pieces in the Game He Plays" (paint on paper)
    • "Orpheus, Don't Look Back!" (paint on paper)
    •  "Spear of the fungus on a whispering South Wind" (paint on paper)
    • "Room for One More Outside Sir" (paint on paper)
    • "Jack the Ripper" (drawing)
    • "23" (drawing)
    • "Untitled, 1992" (drawing)
    • "Alchemical Laboratory" (paint on paper)
    • "Disintegrating Space Craft 1" (paint on mat board)
    • "Radiant Cat" (paint on paper)
    • "Self Portrait" (paint on panel)
    • "Fill Your Hand" (paint on particle board)
    • "Venus Rising like a Kansas Sunflower (paint and collage on paper)
    • "The Last Rocket Out" (paint on paper)
    • "..The Chair of Death is Absurdly Uncomfortable" (paint on paper)
    • "Requiem for a Nun..." (paint on paper)
    • "Untitled, 1987" (painting and gunshots on board)
    • "Plagues of Mad II" (painting on paper)
    • "Untitled, 1992" (painting on paper)
    • "Death by Lethal Injection" (painting on paper)
    • "Black Christmas Tree" (painting on illustration board)
    • "Over the Hills and Far Away – Boy Running Away from Home" (painting on paper)
    • "Untitled, 1992 (detail)" (painting on file folder)
    • biography and art resume 
  • William S. Burroughs and George Condo
    • "Untitled, 1996" (paint on canvas)
    • "What the Hit Man Missed (detail)" (oil on canvas)
  • Fred Aldrich and William S. Burroughs: shooting target
  • Brion Gysin: rubber roller

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