English, Hardback
22 x 28.5 cm
480 pages
Limited edition of 250 copies, signed and numbered by author
Published February 2019 by Black Baby Publishing
ISBN: 9781527243347
I Was a Teenage Banshee is a Künstlerroman by Sue Webster, combining personal memoir with a visual narrative of her evolution as an artist, exploring the ongoing influence of youth, music, popular culture and particularly Siouxsie and the Banshees on her life and work.
The book contains illustrations of more than 300 pieces of ephemera and artwork as she analyses the connections between influence and her art practice. As well as being a cultural history, I
Visit the Sue Webster Studio to flick through the publication, and Vimeo to view film about the making of this work.