Liberty Realm
By Cathy Ward
240pp / 218mm x 290mm
Approx 200 images, full colour throughout
Paperback / Hardback / Art Edition
£25.00 / £40.00 / £500.00
Hardback edition
Limited run of 200 copies, comes with a signed bookplate artwork.
Art Edition
Alongside Cathy Ward, we’re offering a run of 20 art editions of the Hardback, signed and numbered, each with a unique, framed, original drawing.
Please contact us directly to enquire about these editions at contactee[at]strangeattractor.co.uk
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It’s so obsessive, so sexual, so serene, so disturbing, all at once.
– Vaughn Oliver, 4AD
Art that reflects a distinct feminine force… art that depicts multiple levels of consciousness and shows a visual depth and a profound knowledge of emotion imbued in every stroke or etch. The entwined chiaroscuratic whorls within each artwork pulsate and mesmerise the viewer with an energy and purpose that leaves a lasting impression. There is great power in Cathy’s art as it reveals so much about herself and the emotional journeys of all women.
– Vivienne Roberts, curator and archivist, The College of Psychic Studies
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The fascinating phantasmal worlds in the work of the artist Cathy Ward.
Pulsing and surging with dark energies, Cathy Ward's mesmerising drawings capture a restlessly inquiring spirit through the meticulous rendering of organic forms. Their mystery, emotional depth, and enveloping sensuality recall an occluded art-historical canon of weird psychedelia, hermetic alchemical illustrations and outsider horror vacui.
Liberty Realm presents a broad survey of works ranging from the acclaimed drawings exhibited recently in “Phantasmata” at The Good Luck Gallery (Los Angeles), “Talespinning” at the Drawing Center (New York), “Romantic detachment” at PS1 MOMA (New York), and "Utopia" at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, Wisconsin), to new explorations and insightful glimpses of her earlier output and formative practice.
Substantial essays by Edward Gómez, Doug Harvey, and Robert Wallis further untangle these fascinating phantasmal worlds.
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About the author
Cathy Ward was born in Kent, England. In a career spanning more than thirty years, she has exhibited in such major venues as PS1/MoMA, the Drawing Center, the Walker Art Gallery, and the Whitechapel Gallery. She was appointed artist-in-residence for the “Madge Gill: Medium & Visionary” retrospective at Orleans House Gallery in London and her work has been featured in many underground and cultural spaces, including the Horse Hospital (London), and Maggs Counterculture (London). Her work is in the permanent collection of the College of Psychic Studies (London).
