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Lee $cratch Perry: Black Ark / edited by Andreas Koller, the Visual Estate of Lee $cratch Perry.
Fine Arts Library - New Book Display ML420.P455 L44 2026
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- Book
- Series:
- Edition Patrick Frey (Series) ; no. 366.
- Edition Patrick Frey ; no. 366
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Black Ark Studio (Kingston, Jamaica)--Pictorial works.
- Black Ark Studio (Kingston, Jamaica).
- Perry, Lee, 1936-2021.
- Perry, Lee.
- Sound studios--Jamaica--Kingston--Pictorial works.
- Sound studios.
- Dub (Music).
- Reggae music.
- Interior walls--Decoration--Jamaica--Kingston--Pictorial works.
- Interior walls.
- Graffiti--Jamaica--Kingston.
- Graffiti.
- Physical Description:
- 667 pages : numerous illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Black Ark
- Lee Scratch Perry: Black Ark
- Place of Publication:
- Zürich, CH : Edition Patrick Frey, 2026.
- Summary:
- A massive photographic archive of Lee "Scratch" Perry's legendary recording studio. A 600-page tribute to one of the most famous locales in music history, Black Ark is a detailed inventory of photographs and writings from the Black Ark Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, where producer Lee "Scratch" Perry created music from 1973 onward. The eclectic and constantly evolving decoration of the studio provides an enduring visual counterpart to Perry's expansive musical catalog. From mural paintings to shape-shifting assemblages of records, instruments, found objects, posters and newspaper clippings, the artworks layer upon one another as they intertwine with the studio building itself. Perry created his own dense and diverse world in which to work: memorialized in this volume before the Black Ark disappears for good. The photographic documentation of the studio in the spring of 2021 was supplemented by efforts to secure and preserve Perry's works, objects and recordings as part of a joint project with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Black Ark reflects the rhythm and layering effects of collage both in its content and the materials used to craft the book. Perry was involved in the development of this publication until his death in August 2021. The book closes with memorial essays from Ishion Hutchinson, David Katz, Kodwo Eshun and John Corbett--Amazon website.
- Notes:
- "All artworks courtesy the Visual Estate of Lee $cratch Perry"--Page 667.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783907236666
- 3907236661
- OCLC:
- 1579568835
- Publisher Number:
- 9783907236666
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