Century Guild
Gail Potocki: FREAKS [Hardcover]
The Gail Potocki: FREAKS book is a handmade, limited edition letterpress hardcover which contains all 12 paintings in the artist's deeply personal Freaks series alongside historical details about each of the models, and insights into the symbolism of the artworks.
- Daisy & Violet Hilton (Conjoined Twins)
- Jenny Lee Snow (Pip the Pinhead)
- Elvira Snow (Flip the Pinhead)
- Annie Jones (The Bearded Lady)
- Fedor Jeftichew (Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy)
- Aloisia Wagner (Violetta the Human Torso)
- Minnie Woolsey (Koo-Koo the Bird Lady)
- Etta Lake (The Elastic-Skinned Woman)
- Millie La Mar (The Albino Mind Reader)
- J. Unzie (The Albino Gentleman)
- Sadie WIlliam (The Leopard Girl)
- Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man)
Each copy is a hand bound masterpiece with numerous impeccable details; foil stamping, die-cut paintings, tipped in sheets - all presented in the manner of a 19th century book.
Measures 7.5" x 8", approx. 30 heavyweight vintage cream pages and tipped-in cardstock sheets.
Signed and numbered, edition of 333.
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About the artist
Gail Potocki (b. 1961) is a contemporary artist whose work crosses multiple boundaries: she has been lauded by popular media (Huffington Post,Mother Jones) and pop culture art journalists (Juxtapoz,Hi Fructose), as well as celebrated in traditional art media (The New York Art World, American Artist).
The paintings of Gail Potocki have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, as well as in notable and internationally distinguished institutions including The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Museum of Art, The Art Gallery of Toronto, and the H.R. Giger Museum in Switzerland.
Potocki’s paintings have been on the covers of books, magazines, and album covers, and her collected works have been documented in the hardcover monographs The Union of Hope and Sadness (Olympian Publishing, 2006), Freaks (Century Guild, 2017). A new monograph, No Witness in the Slaying of a Memory, is coming to Kickstarter from Century Guild in Fall 2025.
Born and raised in Detroit, Potocki now lives and works in Chicago.
