Out of My Head - The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baque

Out of My Head: The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué tells the unbelievable story of a World War II-era police officer in Barcelona who in his private time created 1500 imaginary creatures and told not a soul about them.

About the author

Brian Chidester is an art historian, author, documentarian, and journalist. Exhibitions he has curated include: One Day You'll See: A History of Afrofuturism and Charles A.A. Dellschau and the Mythology of Flight. He is a contributor of articles and reviews for The American Prospect, The Atlantic, L.A. Weekly, Paste, and The Village Voice, and is the author of Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Era (Santa Monica Press). Chidester has also been a writer/researcher/producer of documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and Showtime, and is the director of the feature-length film As the Wind: The Enchanted Life of Eden Ahbez. He lives in New York City.

Product details

• Authors: Josep Baque, Joseph Baque, Brian Chidester, Brian Baque Chidester, Chidester Brian
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781683966814
• ISBN: 978-1-68396-681-4
• Dimensions: 285 mm x 155 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / Subjects & Themes / Portraits, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Individual artists, art monographs, ART / Individual Artists / Artists' Books