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Item: Sailor

2010

Book, 11.6 x 16.5 cm, 297 p, language: Polish, publisher: 40.000 Stowarzyszenie 40 000 Malarzy/Galeria Kolonie, Warsaw, ISBN: 978-83-928864-3-3.
Materials: ink, paper

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2024/839).

Literary synopsis

Anti-hero, Norman himself, struggles with too scientific perception of ongoing reality. The protagonist suffers Asperger’s syndrome, which strongly influences the background love-story.

Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice

The book is part of a diptych, which also includes a full-feature movie called Sailor, shown on many international film festivals.

Novel's website

Authorship: Artist Author.

Creative Strategy: Artworks Cite Novel.

Genre: Memoir.

Publishing: Publishing House.

Theme: Art World, Socio-Political Critic, Subjective Experience.

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Norman Leto
Norman Leto is a visual artist. He lives and works in Warsaw, Poland. He has participated in many individual and group exhibitions, including

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