In League with Devils 
Michael Petry
To coincide with Petry’s one man exhibition In League with Devils at the Dadian (Gallery Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Washington, DC) a new hardback of the same name will be published on July 1, 2023 (ISBN: 978-1-912800-09-4) which explores at Petry’s work for the exhibition as well as projects from 2012 - 2023. The book includes a forward by Stephen Fry (actor/author) with essays by the Director of the Dadian, Dr Aaron Rosen, and independent curators Dr Daniell Cornell and Rick Herron. The books also features text by Petry about the various works included as well as his own documentary images of the pieces.
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The full colour book (172 pages) is richly illustrated (149 images) by installation views of his many museum and gallery projects (Pallant House, The Holburne Museum, Palm Springs Art Museum) as well as details of individual works for private collectors and international shows (The Venice Biennalle, Alentejo Trienal, Joshua Treenial).
The book also includes an image of Petry’s first NFT of a new online virtual reality mirror exhibited at VOMA (the Virtual Art Museum) in conjunction with the Dadian show.

A deluxe edition of the book will include a unique (24k gold leaf on paper) work of art available from Hatchards. The solo word LOOK, READ or ACT has been hand stencilled and gilt by Petry onto each unique edition work on paper. These unique works are available to pre-order for £150 (please state preference for which word you would like to reserve).
 
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LOOK, READ or ACT, unique 24k gold leaf, work on paper, 2023 Special book editions with unique multiples by Michael Petry