Blood Rites of the Bourgeoisie (Semina No. 7)

Notes

Written in the second person and in part generated from spam emails, this is a kick up in the backside for the male dominated London art world

Artist / Author Stewart Home
Publisher Bookworks
ISBN 978-1-906012-23-6
Reference P2329
Date 2010
Type Publication

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