WENDY WALKER


Art Criticism
Balthus' Picture-Book
Linked essays about Balthus' self-portraits and his concern with narrative
Chained Books
Chained Books
Books altered to include chains and hinges in the manner of the library at Wimborne Minster, UK.
Critical Fictions
My Man and Other Critical Fictions
Pieces that combine the strategies of fiction and criticism.
Novel
The Secret Service
A fantastical espionage tale in which the agents masquerade as art objects.
Poetic dossier with visual materials; True Crime Poetry
BLUE FIRE: Confessing Constance Kent
A work of formally constrained literature (see news) on the famous 19th century murder case that inspired the first examples of the "sensation novel" and "true crime."
Tales
Knots
Four tales from previous collections, reprinted, edited by L. Timmel Duchamp
The Sea-Rabbit, Or, The Artist of Life
Tales based on the texts of the Brothers Grimm.
Stories Out of Omarie
Tales about love and narrative based on the lais of Marie de France



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Chained Books


OF HUMAN BONDAGE by Somerset Maugham

Books altered to address the issues of knowledge and danger. Sculptural objects modeled on the chained libraries of the 15th-18th centuries. Currently exhibited at the Proteus Gowanus Gallery/Reading Room in Brooklyn. See link.



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