Sex Magic : Ithell Colquhoun s Diagrams of Love. Amy Hale
In English. Hardcover, 96 pages, 21.5 x 17 cm. Tate publishing, 2024
A unique work and a radical contribution to our understanding of magic, art, sexual enlightenment, and female desire, this exquisitely illustrated book offers an introduction to Ithell Colquhoun's enigmatic series of paintings, drawings, and poems: Diagrams of Love.
Exploring Colquhoun's blend of alchemical, kabbalistic, and tantric imagery and placing them in the context of the theories of sex magic that existed in the occult subcultures of the early twentieth century, this beautiful little book of erotic art and poetry is a treasure to keep.