13th October 2010
Doors at 6 pm, Talk commences at 7 pm
Phil Baker profiles the strange career of this extraordinary artist, visionary and magician.Austin Osman Spare had his career the wrong way round, beginning as a West End celebrity and ending up in an obscure South London basement. By the time he died, in 1956, he had been largely forgotten by the 'straight' art world, but since his death he has become a legendary figure, not just for his remarkable art but for his even more remarkable inner life as a twentieth century sorcerer and magical thinker.
Talk at 11 Mare Street - please click here to buy tickets
