Modern Nature

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<p><b>A divine, meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness.</b></p><p><b>'An essential urgent book for the 21st Century' Hans Ulrich Obrist</b></p><p>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY OLIVIA LAING</p><p>In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness.</p><p><i>Modern Nature</i>is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life: his childhood, his time as a young gay man in the 1960s, his renowned career as an artist, writer and film-maker. It is at once a lament for a lost generation, an unabashed celebration of gay sexuality, and a devotion to all that is living.</p>

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Derek Jarman was born in London in 1942. His career spanned decades and genres, from painter, theatre designer, director, film maker, to poet, writer, campaigner and gardener. His features include<i>Sebastiane</i>(1976),<i>Jubilee</i>(1978),<i>Caravaggio</i>(1986),<i>The Last of England</i>(1987),<i>Edward II</i>(1991) and<i>Blue</i>(1993). His paintings for which he was a Turner Prize nominee in 1986 continue to be exhibited worldwide, and his garden in Dungeness remains a site of pilgrimage to fans and newcomers alike.

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