ALBATROSS NECK
Launching 6.15 pm Tuesday, October 11th, 2022 at Grey Lynn Library Hall, 474 Great North Road.
Landings by the Ancient Mariner and Romanticism in Aotearoa New Zealand 1770-2022
Paintings by Nigel Brown Poetry and Prose by Denys Trussell
to be launched by Claudia Pond-Eyley visual artist; documentary filmmaker on peace and social justice issues.
This book is based on an exhibition by Nigel Brown in which he painted a set of works around Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The images include direct portraiture of the Romantic poets, often taken out of their historical context and depicted in New Zealand landscapes. The poet, Denys Trussell, then wrote 30 poems that sit alongside 30 of the paintings and relate to them. He then wrote an extensive essay on the romantics and romanticism in Europe and Aotearoa New Zealand, focusing on their legacy, particularly in the development of concern for the environment and for the protection of human rights over the past 200 years. That essay is illustrated with a further 14 paintings by Nigel Brown.
Contact: arcologypublishing@gmail.com
Publisher: Arcology Publishing Ltd
Artist: Nigel Brown
Designer: John Denny
Format: Case Bound with Dust Jacket
Finished Size: 221 x 318 mm
Illustration: 44 paintings by Brown
Text: 30 poems, prose, commentary, and references, by Trussell
Pages: 247
RRP: NZ $90.00
Launching: Auckland, October 11th Dunedin, November 2nd