Brion Gysin: Tuning in to the Multimedia Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780500284384)

This comprehensive biography presents the achievements of Brion Gysin, a multi-faceted artist whose work has influenced performers such as David Bowie and Mick Jagger. Recalling the heady atmosphere of the so-called Beat Hotel in Paris in the late 1950s and 1960s, it features first-hand reminiscences by contemporaries, plus a biographical essay and chronological listings. productive literary collaboration with William Burroughs. As well as looking at his work as a sound poet and performance artist, it features reproductions of his paintings and graphics, and examples of his permutated poems and other writings.

Author: Jose Ferez Kuri
ISBN-10: 0500284385
ISBN-13: 9780500284384
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Language: English
Published: 09/29/2003
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.68lbs
Size: 9.92h x 9.64w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/06/2003 pg. 79
Library Journal 11/01/2003 pg. 74