Poetry responding to art: Contemporary ekphrasis
Making use of images as a means of writing continues to flourish as an area of contemporary practice. For instance, ‘Poetic responses to Gustav Klimt’ at the recent Hay Festival included readings by Jo Brandon, Aviva Dautch and Shazea Quraishi.
Likewise, collections such as Rego Retold by Owen Lowery explore poetic responses to artworks. Nevertheless, what is telling is the conspicuous absence ...
20th June 2018