Derek Jarman - Protest

The definitive overview of the life and work of acclaimed artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman (1942–1994)

Protest! contains excerpts from Jarman’s own writings, short interviews with friends and collaborators and newly commissioned texts from a wide range of contributors including John Maybury, Peter Tatchell, Philip Hoare, Sir Norman Rosenthal and Olivia Laing.

Generously illustrated with previously unseen images drawn from Jarman’s personal archive and unseen works from all stages of his career, this book brings the reader fresh and surprising insights into the world of this much-loved artist.

• Authors: Seán Kissane and Karim Rehmani-White
• Hardback
• Published 2020 by Thames & Hudson
• ISBN: 9780500971086

Derek Jarman was a very English rebel; a maverick and radical artist whose unique and distinctive voice was honed protesting against the strictures of life in post-war Britain. In an innovative practice that roamed freely across all varieties of media, Jarman refused to live and die quietly. He defined bohemian London life in the 1960s, exploded into queer punk in the 70s and with unbounded creative rage, ingenuity and sheer personal charm.

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