Dom Sylvester Houédard

dsh

Softcover

25 x 13 cm   (9.8 x 5.1 in)

Published by Lisson Gallery

2018

Language: English

Pages: 80

£12.00

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“Dom Sylvester Houédard is firmly rooted in Lisson Gallery’s early history, with his first solo exhibition held at the gallery during its inception in 1967”

Widely recognised as a leading theorist and international practitioner of concrete poetry, Dom Sylvester Houédard (1924–1992) is firmly rooted in Lisson Gallery’s early history, with his first solo exhibition held at the gallery during its inception in 1967.

A practicing Benedictine priest and noted theologian, Houédard, also known by his initials ‘dsh’ or ‘the Dom’  wrote extensively on new approaches to art, spirituality and philosophy, and collaborated with artists such as Gustav Metzger, Yoko Ono and John Cage.

He worked as a military intelligence officer during the war, before joining the community at Prinknash Abbey in Gloucestershire in 1949, becoming ordained as a Benedictine monk a decade later. Houédard OSB (Order of Saint Benedict) went on to help introduce concrete poetry to Britain in 1961. He published prodigiously and lectured at the Royal College of Art and the Destruction in Art Symposim (DIAS) among other venues.

This catalogue includes essays written by Laura Mclean  Ferris and Jonathan P. Watts, as well as contributions by Nicolas Logsdail, Nicola Simpson and Charles Verey.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Dom Sylvester Houédard at Lisson Gallery, New York (2 May – 16 June 2018).
Design: Zoë Anspach

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