BOB FLANAGAN: SUPERMASOCHIST. RE/SEARCHPeople Series Vol. 1.

Flanagan, Bob
BOB FLANAGAN: SUPERMASOCHIST. People Series Vol. 1.
NYC: Juno Books/RE/Search Publications, 2000
4-o,128pp plus card covers. Posthumous reissue of the indepth profile of poet, performance artist (of "Bob Flanagan's Sick"), cystic fibrosis victim and extreme masochist Flanagan. 124 b/w illustrations of many of the most extreme of sexual practices - as well as an extensive interview with the artist where he explains his interest in pain and performance as a way of coping with his illness. Often a touching and funny book despite its subject matter - one photograph of Flanagan and his long term-partner Sheree Rose at a fancy dress party is captioned: "With Sheree on Halloween, our 10th anniversary, recreating the costumes we wore on the night we met, Halloween 1980. We may be perverts but we are romantic perverts." Cutting-edge art?