Michael Bracewell is a novelist and cultural historian who has written widely about art, visual culture, music and literature. His evocative memoir Souvenir, portraying 1970s and 1980s London, was published in 2021. He has contributed essays on the work of John Stezaker to several publications, including Tabula Rasa (Ridinghouse, 2010) and The Truth of Masks ( 2015). Craig Burnett is a London-based writer, editor, curator and poet. Currently a Senior Director at Frith Street Gallery, he has curated and written widely about modern and contemporary art for Tate, White Cube and 'Modern Painters'. His publications include Philip Guston: The Studio (2014) and Jeff Wall (2005).
Stripped of their typical narrative and commercial contexts, the fragmented collages of this collection act as visually tantalizing ciphers, reflecting the desires and imaginings of the beholder.--Jennie Waldow Brooklyn Rail