Don't Kiss Me: The Art of Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore
"This is the first serious attempt at a comprehensive overview of the work of Cahun (pseudonym for Lucy Schwob), contextualized appropriately within the political, artistic, economic and cultural landscape of the early-20th-century Europe..."  --Photo-Eye: The International Magazine of Photography Books"Decades prior to the radical metamorphoses executed with aplomb by contemporary artists like Nikki S. Lee and Cindy Sherman, there were those of Claude Cahun and her partner Marcel Moore... Besides being prolific theater and performance artists, the pair created countless self-portraits in a variety of guises, all with a smokey, ethereal quality that prefigures the delicate work many years later of a young Francesca Woodman... Don't Kiss Me is a collection of these startling photographs, and also includes drawings, manuscripts and ephemera, framed by essays about the artistic odd couple courtesy of seven international authors. For many, the book will be their first experience of Cahun and Moore's singular artistic vision, but surely not their last." --Nylon Magazine"This collection amounts to the most extensive source of firsthand material on Moore and Cahun, including photographs, drawings, correspondence, manuscripts, snapshots, clippings, and publications that offer evidence of their professional achievements as well as tantalizing glimpses of their personal lives." -- Jennifer Blessing --Modern Painters: The International Art Magazine"Don't Kiss Me is the first comprehensive overview of her oeuvre, which includes elaborately-staged performances, sculptures, collages, and writings, all of which fiercely challenged conventional notions of gender and place in society." -- Lee Carter --VMAN