BOOK FORMAT Paperback, 9 x 8.5 in. / 96 pgs / 90 color.
PUBLISHING STATUS Pub Date 4/30/2013 Out of print
DISTRIBUTION D.A.P. Exclusive Catalog: SPRING 2013 p. 50
PRODUCT DETAILS ISBN 9780984589210TRADE List Price: $27.50 CDN $32.50
AVAILABILITY Not available
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EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
New York The Studio Museum in Harlem, 03/28/13-06/30/13
A cache of previously unpublished photographs taken on the set of Space Is the Place in Oakland, featuring Sun Ra in full regalia, wearing outrageous Egyptian costumes borrowed from a local masonic temple.
Sun Ra & Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors 1972
Edited by John Corbett. Foreword by Glenn Ligon.
In 1972, the legendary musician, composer and mystic Sun Ra (1914–1993) was hard at work scripting and acting in the now classic documentary on his life and work, Space is the Place, as well as publishing his second book of poetry. The book of poems (now extremely rare) was designed and edited by Ra’s manager, who asked one of Ra’s band members in the Arkestra--the drummer and percussionist Ayé Aton--to contribute images to accompany Ra’s poems. The final publication contained three photographs of Aton’s indoor, space-themed murals. Published here for the first time, the full set of photographs forms an incredible and revelatory body of work, and is presented here alongside a cache of never-before-seen contemporaneous photographs taken on the set of Space Is the Place in Oakland, featuring Ra in full regalia, wearing outrageous Egyptian costumes borrowed from a local masonic temple. These spectacular photographs--unseen artifacts from a now remote time--offer us a special and often entertaining behind-the-scenes glimpse of a much-missed musical visionary.
Featured image is reproduced from Sun Ra & Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors 1972.
FORMAT: Pbk, 9 x 8.5 in. / 96 pgs / 90 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $27.50 LIST PRICE: CANADA $32.5 ISBN: 9780984589210 PUBLISHER: PictureBox AVAILABLE: 4/30/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of print AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA EUR ASIA AU/NZ AFR ME
Sun Ra & Ayé Aton: Space, Interiors and Exteriors 1972
Published by PictureBox. Edited by John Corbett. Foreword by Glenn Ligon.
In 1972, the legendary musician, composer and mystic Sun Ra (1914–1993) was hard at work scripting and acting in the now classic documentary on his life and work, Space is the Place, as well as publishing his second book of poetry. The book of poems (now extremely rare) was designed and edited by Ra’s manager, who asked one of Ra’s band members in the Arkestra--the drummer and percussionist Ayé Aton--to contribute images to accompany Ra’s poems. The final publication contained three photographs of Aton’s indoor, space-themed murals. Published here for the first time, the full set of photographs forms an incredible and revelatory body of work, and is presented here alongside a cache of never-before-seen contemporaneous photographs taken on the set of Space Is the Place in Oakland, featuring Ra in full regalia, wearing outrageous Egyptian costumes borrowed from a local masonic temple. These spectacular photographs--unseen artifacts from a now remote time--offer us a special and often entertaining behind-the-scenes glimpse of a much-missed musical visionary.
