Anna in Hollywood - Volume Two : Envy & Gluttony, 2008
Book, 21.7 x 14.1 cm, language: English, publisher: San Francisco, California: Preprosperous Press.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2025/585).
Literary synopsis
Anna in Hollywood is Wittig’s surreal journey into the 1930s world of the Barvarian actress Anna Liszt, who in Volume 2 is conducting research for her role in Luis Buñuel’s film adaptation of As You Like It. Anna and her sister (also named Anna), protégé Gertrude Lloyd, and friend Larry become further acclimated to Hollywood in this tale of sex, murder, intrigue, and cross-dressing.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
Wittig’s collages made from black and white photographs illustrate the story.
Authorship: Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: Artworks Cite Novel.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Publishing: Self-Publishing.
Media
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>Photocollage (2011). Dale Edwin Wittig's illustration for his own novel Anna in Hollywood
>Photocollage (2011). Dale Edwin Wittig's illustration for his own novel Anna in Hollywood
>Photocollage (2011). Dale Edwin Wittig's illustration for his own novel Anna in Hollywood
>Photocollage (2011). Dale Edwin Wittig's illustration for his own novel Anna in Hollywood
Artist
> Dale Edwin Wittig.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). Fabra i Coats - Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.
Related Items
>Dale Edwin Wittig, Anna in Hollywood - Volume One : Pride & Lechery, 2008.Book, ink, paper, 21.6 x 14 cm, 66 p, language: English, publisher: San Francisco, California: Preprosperous Press.
>Dale Edwin Wittig, Anna in Hollywood - Volume Three : Wrath & Avarice, 2010.Book, ink, paper, 21.5 x 14.1 cm, 48 p, language: English, publisher: San Francisco, California: Preprosperous Press.