Raucous Invention

Mark Hearld studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He has had solo shows at the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, York Art Gallery, Compton Verney and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Alan Powers is a member of the Art Workers’ Guild, and writes widely about 20th-century British art and design. Lydia Wilson is a contributing editor at New Lines Magazine and writes for the Times Literary Supplement and the New York Review of Books. Hermione McCosh is a portrait and documentary photographer.

'Hearld is an exuberant collector and maker whose scrapbooks and shelves cannot contain his interests and influences. This glorious hardback book is almost as unruly, a treasure trove of colour, movement, ideas and images. Handwritten lists of influences and works jostle with loads of full-page photos and illustrations along with brief informative texts. Section by section, we are drawn into Hearld’s joyful kaleidoscope of creation and invention. Take a deep breath and dive in' - International Times