‘The Codex Seraphinianus is a book written and illustrated by Italian artist, architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini, from 1976 to 1978. The book appears to be a visual encyclopedia of an unknown world, written in one of its languages, an alphabetic writing intended to be meaningless.’
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This capsule was curated by Jamon Van Den Hoek.
Another amazing find from you lot. Hats off to the Retronauts. The sex crocodile is remarkable and makes a weird sort of sense.
Oh my god, it is like a guide to Burning Man.
I want to give this to Terry Gilliam to make a film of.
I always did wonder how they made crocodiles
I feel a strong affinity with this work which I can’t explain.
The UK First Edition goes for $6,000, the US one (Abbeville Press) for over $600. A truly bizarre book. There was also a poster for the US edition, illustrating how the pair of lovers turn into a crocodile and crawl off the bed.
sort of a bizarre mix of Dali and Di Vinci. Love it!
Is this the guy who did design work on Fantastic Planet (1973)?