Ashley Bickerton: Ornamental Hysteria Benjamin Moser This publication explores Picasso’s portrayals

This publication explores Picasso’s portrayals of life with Gilot and their young family in the decade they spent together

and trompe l’oeil pins depicted in the drawings suggest text chiseled in stone

the paintings interpret iconic LA locations through Israel’s take on noir aesthetics

Also included is an interview with Bickerton conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist

Ashley Bickerton: Ornamental Hysteria Benjamin Moser This publication explores Picasso’s portrayalsThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Ashley Bickerton: Ornamental Hysteria at Newport Street Gallery, London. It documents the major surveywhich was drawn from Damien Hirsts Murderme collectionfeaturing work made by Bickerton over a period of some three decades, from his consumerist wall sculptures of the mid to late 1980s to the vivid and idiosyncratic mixed media paintings and sculptures of more recent years. In addition to