William S. Burroughs: All out of time and into space








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 October Gallery, London, between December 6, 2012 and February 16, 2013. Multiple reproductions of paintings, images of Burroughs, and texts.

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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