Bat Girls and Acid Boys

The Spontaneous Drawings of Leigh Bowery & Friends

Richard Torry, Jonny Trunk

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Strange Attractor Press
24 June 2025

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design

120 vivid ""exquisite corpse"" drawings made by the outrageous artist, performer, and designer Leigh Bowery with friends and collaborators during the 1980s and 1990s.

120 vivid ""exquisite corpse"" drawings made by the outrageous artist, performer, and designer Leigh Bowery with friends and collaborators during the 1980s and 1990s.

In the wild years of the 1980s and early 1990s, when central London was a clubbers' paradise, a circle of young, queer friends, including the celebrated Australian designer, performer, musician, and provocateur Leigh Bowery and his Minty bandmates would get together at Richard Torry's Soho flat before hitting the town.

To pass the time, the troupe would sometimes make ""exquisite corpses,"" employing a technique popular with the Surrealists to create collaboratively-drawn compound images of often outrageous characters.

The 120 images collected here, assembled from the Richard Torry archive, showcase the acerbic wit, lysergic absurdity, and sometimes cruel gaze of the young friends, while presenting an exaggerated snapshot of the era's styles, fashions, and obsessions.

By: Richard Torry, Jonny Trunk
Imprint: Strange Attractor Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9781917319003
ISBN 10: 1917319002
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Torry is a musician, artist and former member of the band Minty, with Leigh Bowery. Jonny Trunk founded and runs his Trunk Records label, and is a highly regarded collector, music discoverer, broadcaster, and record producer. He has edited and compiled a number of books for Fuel, Four Corners, and others.

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Bat Girls and Acid Boys

The Spontaneous Drawings of Leigh Bowery & Friends

Richard Torry, Jonny Trunk

$39.99

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