Anna Zemankova

Anna Zemánková art book / This publication contains over 250 color plates, specialized articles, and unpublished photographs by Anna Zemánková. English-language version, published under the direction of Terezie Zemánková. 300 pages, 10 x 11 inches, hardback / ISBN 9788074372315 New copies with some light bumps to corners This book is incredible and probably won't be around forever. *** “I am growing flowers that are not grown anywhere else”: the fantastical botanica of an Art Brut genius The work of Czech painter, draftsman and pastel artist Anna Zemánková (1908–86) defies easy definition and categorization. As a self-taught artist, Zemánková tends to be described as Art Brut, but her Art Brut is of a mysterious and magical strain. Her work gives the viewer the impression of entering a herbarium of fantastical extraterrestrial plants or a unique, imaginary world, always created by the artist using newly discovered and often surprising techniques. This extraordinary new publication pres