Derek Jarman: A Portrait

by Roger Wollen

The power of Derek Jarman's visual imagination has touched every one of his projects. In the various roles of painter, stage designer, film-maker and gardener, his intensity forged a compelling view of the world in many different media. However, it was as a painter that he was trained, graduating from the Slade School of Art in the 1960s to almost immediate acclaim, and exhibiting widely both in London and abroad. His career as a film-maker never entirely exposed his importance as an artist.

Genres: Nonfiction, Queer

240 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1996

Reviews

[Andrew H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jarman died in 1994 and this appeared in 1996. A book written to capitalise on this fact. The illustrations are important, but the essays were stodgy in 1996 and appear out-dated now. Too close to events to appraise the achievement of Jarman.

[Brent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it so much I was inspired to visit Dungeness.

[Jonathan Roper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who does not love Derek? True renaissance man, taken too soon.