Wing Dust: Exploring the Creative World of the Artist June Black

June Black (1910–2009) was a multi-faceted artist, painter, ceramicist, and writer, who exhibited inthe 1950s and 1960s, battling for visibility in a male-dominated art world.

Her work reflected in her extensive reading and interest in existentialism,surrealism and the theatre of the absurd.

Sheridan Keith’s biography of her mother quotes generously from the journals June kept over forty years to keep track of her extensive reading, her art practice and her life, and from June’s absurdist play The PurpleUmbrella. The result is a biography that sizzles with erudition and humour and gives a rare insight into a fascinating woman ahead of her time.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 260
Imprint: The Cuba Press
Publication date: 01/11/2024