Monday, 30 December 2024

Alan Moore on Austin Osman Spare

Alan Moore discusses the artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare for The Culture Show.
Born in London's Snow Hill on 30 December 1886, the artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare has long been a beloved figure on those who favour the outer fringes of British art.  

His inclusion in the 1904 Royal Academy summer exhibition brought him early notoriety and a modicum of fame that, to varying degrees, followed him through a life that saw his artistic and his magical works increasingly entwined. In the decades following his death in 1956, he was embraced by the rising counterculture and his ideas permeate through it's various strands to this day.

Most recently Spare can be found as a major character in the first volume of Alan Moore's 'Long London' novel series, 'The Great When' and in the video below Moore takes on a short trip through the life and work of this singular artist.

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