Art Monsters

‘Destined to become a new classic’ * Chris Kraus *‘Juxtaposes ideas, images, language, in a vivid collage that invites us to look more deeply’ * Jeanette Winterson *‘Soaring and vivid … it left me giddy with possibility’ * Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat *‘A fascinating re-visioning and re-imagining of women artists who have used their bodies in all sorts of creative, subversive ways.’ * Juliet Jacques *‘You won’t find anything like this history, told in this way, anywhere else’ * Lubaina Himid *‘Lauren Elkin’s exhaustive, incisive re-readings of feminist writing and art across several centuries prove that the questions raised in these works are far from resolved. In fact, they’re more timely than ever. The book seems destined to become a new classic. Making a passionate case for the monstrosity entailed in all acts of creation, Elkin shatters the truisms that have evolved around feminist thought.’ * Chris Kraus *‘Soaring and vivid, the experience of reading Art Monsters is like watching a lightning storm at night, each chapter a bolt of light. A remarkable twinning of intellect and brightest scholarship, it left me giddy with possibility.’ * Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat *‘Lauren Elkin has the nerve to defend the guilty, fight tooth and claw for long abandoned causes while making heroines out of trouble makers. Her book makes you take sides, change sides, change back and sometimes shout out loud with furious indignation but you won’t find anything like this history, told in this way, anywhere else.’ * Lubaina Himid *‘Elkin’s authority as a cultural critic springs from her signature style of curious questioning. Rather than imposing her conclusions on the reader, she juxtaposes ideas, images, language, in a vivid collage that invites us to look more deeply. Never linear - because life isn’t - but perpetually moving, in both senses of the word.’ * Jeanette Winterson *‘A fascinating re-visioning and re-imagining of women artists who have used their bodies in all sorts of creative, subversive ways. Lauren Elkin provides fresh insight into more familiar names and works, and brings plenty of less well-known ones to light, taking us through more than a century of women who boldly took on the world.’ * Juliet Jacques *

Lauren Elkin is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Scaffolding, Art Monsters, and Flâneuse. Her essays on art, literature, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harper’s, Le Monde, Les Inrockuptibles, and Frieze, among others. An award-winning translator, she lives between Paris and London.

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