Art, Symbol & Imagination
Chaos: The Inferno of the Normal
A youthful figure turns away from the viewer while drawing a great curtain aside. A crowded mass of bodies fills the revealed space at the right. Spare’s printed explanation describes the exposure of the Inferno of the Normal, tying the act of unveiling to his critique of limited knowledge.
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Austin Osman Spare. "Chaos: The Inferno of the Normal" [editorial title]. In Earth Inferno, Austin Osman Spare. Undated supplied digital facsimile, undated edition. Source scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-chaos
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From Spare’s sequence of drawings and allegorical verse first published in 1905. The complete reproduced page, including its frame, caption and ornamental details, is retained.
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Austin Osman Spare. Chaos: The Inferno of the Normal. Earth Inferno. Scan leaf 21. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/spare-earth-inferno-chaos