A Journey Through The Owl House - by Anne Emslie

The Owl house, with its strange concrete sculptures and extravagance of glass-glitter surfaces, was the creation of reclusive artist Helen Martins.
 
For more than a quarter of a century she worked on the transformation of her home in the isolated Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda, creating an intriguing world rich in personal symbolism and universal meaning.
The garden became a sculpture yard populated by a throng of pilgrims and camels, owls, mermaids and other creatures, while the walls of the house were coated in colour and crushed glass to create sublime and unsettling effects.

Like many other Outsider artists, Helen Martins had no formal training and did not regard herself as an artist. With the help of assistants, she simply continued to work on her extraordinary fantasy because it gave meaning to her life. Profound and moving, the Owl house is not a simple space to comprehend.

In A journey through the Owl House, Anne Emslie leads us on a guided tour through the rooms of the house and along the paths of the sculpture yard, helping us towards an understanding of Helen Martins' remarkable vision.

    Softcover, in Good to Very Good condition.
    Printed covers. Corners slightly bumped, edges lightly shelf rubbed but good.                       
    Published by The Penguin Group (1997), reprinted 2005.
    No Jacket:
    Binding Condition: Very Good
    Overall Condition: Good to Very Good
    Size: octavo (210mm X 209mm X 9mm)

A must have for any artist/lover of art. A treasure of unique profoundness.

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