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020			_a9781907208645
245			_aFranciszka & Stefan Themerson.
260			_aLondon : _bCamden Arts Centre, _c2016.
300			_a8 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c21 cm.
440			_aFile note _v#102 _943413
500			_aVenue: Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Franciszka & Stefan Themerson : Books, Camera, Ubu, held at the Camden Arts Centre, London, 24 Mar. - 5 June 2016.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aIncludes text by Nick Wadley and Colin Perry.
520			_aPartners and life-long collaborators from 1929 until their deaths in 1988, Franciszka and Stefan Themersons diverse practice encompassed painting, photography, film, theatre design, literature, concrete poetry, publishing and illustration. Acclaimed as the most important experimental filmmakers in pre-war Poland, they were driven by a dedication to defy convention, avoiding repetition of expression through continual experimentation. Founding the independent publishing house Gaberbocchus Press in 1948, they published more than sixty titles, aimed to be best lookers rather than best sellers, including works by Raymond Queneau, Bertrand Russell and Kurt Schwitters. Throughout their careers and across all their art forms, they attentively unpacked issues of ethics, language, freedom, conformism, dignity and the human condition. Books, Camera, Ubu focuses on three main areas of their creative output; their pioneering experimental film practice; the Gaberbocchus Press; and Franciszkas stage design, puppets and a comic strip, all on the subject of Alfred Jarrys anarchic 1890s play, Ubu Roi.
600			_aThemerson, Franciszka _943411
600			_aThemerson, Stefan _943412
700			_aWadley, Nicholas, _d1935-2017 _943414
700			_aPerry, Colin _943415
710			_aCamden Arts Centre (London) _938850
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