Steven Arnold - Epiphanies
Publisher: Twelve Trees Press
Year: 1987
Format: Hardcover with Dust jacket
Edition: 1st Edition, 3,000 copies
Condition: Like New
Pages: 96
Size: 10 x 10in
Steven F. Arnold (1943–1994) was an American multidisciplinary artist and protégé of Salvador Dalí. He was a filmmaker, photographer, painter, illustrator, set and costume designer, and assemblage artist.
Arnold received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and was influential in shaping the countercultural psychedelic scene of the city in the 1960's.
From 1982-89, Steven Arnold found his niche, designing and shooting tableau-vivants for four books, Epiphanies being one of those. Deeply influenced by Jungian archetypes, Eastern philosophy, and ancient ritual, Arnold understood visual production as a key to the spiritual and subconscious, depicting alternative worlds with dramatic style and sly humor. Arnold spoke about his practice of drawing as a means of making visible his dreams and compared his photography to religious meditation.