Marc Kristal is an author, screenwriter, filmmaker, editor, and journalist. He has authored, co-written or contributed to more than forty books, notably Re:Crafted: Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors (2010), Immaterial World: Transparency in Architecture (2011), and The New Old House: Historic and Modern Architecture Combined (2017). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, Metropolis, and Elle Décor. He has also written films about contemporary and modern artists, notably Cindy Sherman and Mark Rothko. He is a two-time MacDowell fellow.
Introduction
1 SUBURBAN GIRL
2 WIMBLEDON BARDOT
3 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART: PART 1 ‘The Place’
4 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART: PART 2 ‘Technicolor’
5 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART: PART 3 ‘La Boty’
6 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART: PART 4 ‘Capital-P Pop’
7 AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART: PART 5 ‘To think I’ve got someone like that
for a daughter!’
8 HELLO, CRUEL WORLD
9 THE ART OF ACTING
10 BREAKTHROUGH
11 BREAKOUT
12 ‘A VERY CONFIDENT MAN’
13 PERSONALITY ON TRIAL
14 PAULINE’S CHOICE
15 JOURNEY’S END
16 GONE
Epilogue: Nothing Left in the World
Index
Acknowledgements
Picture credits
