Emergences/Resurgences

One of the key works of the poet and artist Henri Michaux (1899-1984) whose original approach intertwines the written word with his visionary paintings and drawings. First published in 1972, this English language translation of Henri Michaux’s celebrated book Émergences- Résurgences has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Untitled Passages by Henri Michaux organized by The Drawing Center in New York. Part essay, part poem―by turns lyric, ekphrastic, didactic, gnomic, and comic―it is also one of Michaux’s most sustained self-portraits.