Joel-Peter Witkin

-ul--li-Joel-Peter Witkin (b.1939) is one of the most well-known and controversial photographic artists working today-li-This accessible and affordable monograph is the best introduction to Witkin's fascinating and thought-provoking work available -li-Drawing as much from the art of the past – Bosch, Goya, Velazquez, and the Symbolists – as from his own inspiration, Witkin's expression is multi-faceted and rich with meaning -li-His deviant and imaginative tableaux transform the genre of still life by featuring animal and human corpses and body parts in classic, beautiful arrangements -li-Witkin also chooses the deformed, the scarred and the unusual as his subjects, reinterpreting the nineteenth-century fascination with the 'other'-li-His obsession with human physicality raises important questions about the body and sexuality, and finds beauty in the grotesque -li-56 black and white illustrations