Catch Le Pays Où Tout Est Permis / The Country Where Everything Is Permitted Engineered By Sophie Podolski File

art book, and part bio/examination of her work, Le pays où tout est permis is a bilingual edition of Belgian artist Sophie Podolskis “graphic poetry”, which mixes art with writing.
Diagnosed with schizophrenia, and committed suicide by defenestration like Unica Zürn at the age of only, this reissue shines a much needed light on the precocious outsider, whose surrealist artwork explores erotic imagery and mental illness in highly imaginative otherworldly depictions that defy reality.


Podolski also plays with different genres in the creation of her art, One can clearly see the influence of popart, and she makes some attempts at collaging, There is also a short comic strip about a onelegged man born out of a sardine can who later marries himself.
But no matter what she is drawing from, Podolski always adds her own spin when she constructs her unique worlds without limits.




Seeing as there were a number of contributors including Chris Kraus, some of the critical examination of Podolskis work was a little repetitive at times, but there was still a lot of variety as the contributors all came from different backgrounds, and so there were also indepth explorations of Podolskis drug use and mental illness by those contributors specialised in those areas.




Also note that not

all of Podolskis writing is translated in this book, Some portions are, but if you were wanting to enjoy this to its fullest capacity, itd probably be best to know French, not only to comprehend the meaning of her words, but for the sheer joy of deciphering Podolskis cursive griffonage.




.This bilingual publication offers an unprecedented exploration of the work of Belgian poet and artist Sophie Podolski, who has lingered in obscurity since her untimely death at the age of.
Podolskis work is emblematic of a time marked by sexual liberation, antipsychiatry, and youth disenchantment, As a selftaught writer and artist, she wrote in an uninhibited and provocative style about life, popular culture, and conformist society.
While she was known primarily as a poet during her lifetime, this book places emphasis on Podolskis visual practice and highly personal iconography.
As well as the original manuscript of her only book, The Country Where Everything Is Permitted, this book showcases Podolskis remarkable body of graphic works, with more thandrawings and some of her earliest etchings.

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