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Collages done in 1972 as Illustrations for
LOCUS SOLUS by Raymond Roussel
| "A prominent scientist and inventor, Martial Canterel, has invited a group of colleagues to visit the park of his country estate, Locus Solus. As the group tours the estate, Canterel shows them inventions of ever-increasing complexity and strangeness. After an aerial pile driver which is constructing a mosaic of teeth and a huge glass diamond filled with water in which float a dancing girl, a hairless cat named Khóng-dek-lèn, and the preserved head of Danton, we come to the central and longest passage: a description of eight curious tableaux vivants taking place inside an enormous glass cage. We learn that the actors are actually dead people whom Canterel has revived with 'resurrectine', a fluid of his invention which if injected into a fresh corpse causes it continually to act out the most important incident of its life." -John Ashberry |
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The Estate of Canterel
Portrait of Canterel
Locus Solus-1
Canterel and the Resurrectine
The Abduction
The Lair of the Brigand, Grocco
The Deception Begins
The Deception is Complete
Covered Wagon Days
The Aftermath