Temple of Blasphemy: the Black and White art of Trevor Brown

Temple of Blasphemy is the definative collection (over 300 line drawings) of the disquieting ink work of Trevor Brown. The Book follows the black and white career of the Anglo-Japanese artist, from his first booklets, published in the mid-eighties to works marking the end of the millenium. Brown's first publications, his photocopy books, included drawings influenced by the erotic-destruction aesthetics of writers such as Bataille, De Sade and above all the "Crash" vein of Ballard. In the years that followed, the artist became more and more obsessed with the Japanese world of sadomasochistic eroticism, and numerous bondage illustrations were the result. More recently, Brown has begun to produce his own photocopy books, in a series entitled "mania", where each issue is dedicated to a specific pornographic theme. Even if today Brown has become internationally famous for his surreal paintings of "true to life" dolls and sexy girls, he admits that "I still like to give my 0.5 radiograph pan a work out now 'n' again." For anyone who is familiar only with his airbrush painting, here is an unknown trevor Brown and a completely different, realistic style with a marked trend towards extreme sex. In his black and white artwork Trevor Brown demonstrates the immense talent that sets him apart as one of the most complete - and most disturbing - artist alive today.Limited to 999 numbered copies.