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About Margaret Hooks Margaret Hooks has written extensively on the life and work of artists, among them Frida Kahlo, Tina Modotti and Edward James. Her writing has appeared in many publications, including Vogue, The Guardian, Afterimage, Elle, Grand Street, The Observer Magazine & The Photograph Collector. During the 1990s, Hooks lived in Mexico City where she was correspondent for The Irish Times and then for ARTnews magazine. In 1998, she became a Contributing Editor for ARTnews. Her books include a prize-winning biography of Tina Modotti, which is available in eight languages and has been optioned by leading film companies. She became interested in the life of the English surrealist Edward James while working in Mexico and has published articles about his life and his work in Grand Street, ARTnews and Gatopardo. Hooks is a member of the advisory board of the Fondo Xilitla, the foundation that purchased Las Pozas in 2008 to restore and preserve James's masterwork. Surreal Eden: Edward James & Las Pozas is the first major book to be published on Edward James and his creation of Las Pozas. For more information about books by Margaret Hooks, visit: www.margarethooksbooks.com Find Margaret's books on Amazon.com at: www.Amazon.com/Margaret-Hooks/e/B001HCXPK2 Critical Acclaim for 'Surreal Eden': 'Surreal Eden' does what many good art biographies and histories do: remind us of what gets forgotten and left out of 'official' canons. - RainTaxi James's architectural art had no use beyond its own fantastic forms. It was both process and spectacle, and inspiration for inspiration. - The New York Times ... a visually luscious book, the art writer ... Margaret Hooks provides a monument to James's fantastical life and works and a blueprint for his subconscious ... - Vogue Living In the first of a series covering new photography titles Bookforum rounds up the most noteworthy of the coming season ... Margaret Hooks’s Surreal Eden: Edward James & Las Pozas ... mixes the quixotic and the personal ... documenting the eccentric vision quest of Edward James and the “secret city” that he built near Xilitla in Mexico. - Bookforum |
