Venus of Syria ... Hellenistic Period... ca. 2nd/1st century BC.

Val Denham ...Venus finds her arms... pencil and watercolour 1997

The Goddess Chinnamasta... Pahari, Mankot c 1750

Alastair (Hans Henning Voight)...watercolour drawing 1929

an illustration for the Black Sun Press edition of Les Liasons Dangereuses c.1929

Yayoi Kusama... Face no 5... 1953

gouache, Chinese ink and pastel on paper

Victor Brauner...Anthropomorphic Mimicry of the collective consciousness 1961

oil, wax, wood and bark on panel

Toyen (MARIE ČERMÍNOVÁ) 1902-1980.... Portrait of Andre Breton ... 1950

signed and dedicated à andré Breton / Toyen / 18 II 1950 

crayon, charcoal, oil and glitter on linen, held by two wood batons as a scroll

John Balance (Coil) ... Drawings from Bright Lights and Cats With No Mouths ~ The Art of John Balance Collected

The first ever extensive overview of art (drawings, paintings and sketches) created by John Balance.

The artworks featured in the book are both finished elaborate hallucinatory pieces as well as quick sketches with a good sprinkling of Balance’s often underestimated humour. 

Homages to idols and inspirations next to idiosyncratic magical dreamscapes

executed in a wide variety of styles and mediums

Compiled by Liam Thomas and Thighpaulsandra - with text by

Val Denham and Jeremy Reed.

The Art of John Balance Collected 

Rufino Tamayo... Venus Noire, Colour Lithograph 1969

Margaret Burroughs (1917-2010) ~ Black Venus ~ 1957

Bernd Streiter ... for Georg Trakl, with Black Angel drypoint 1989

Bernd Streiter

Cecil Collins (1908-1989)... Angels Dancing around the Sun and Moon 1950

Angels Dancing around the Sun and Moon