Elysian Fields

Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou/Purple Books, 2000. [408]pp; illus; printed on various color paper stocks. Sewn in photo-illustrated wraps. Better than very good, with light wear and corner creasing to front cover. With audio CD in bound-in poly sleeve at rear.

Catalog for a 2000 exhibition exploring the subject of dreams held at the Centre Pompidou, curated by Elein Fleiss and Oliver Zahm of Purple magazine. Contributors included dozens of artists and musicians; among the former, Richard Prince, Takashi Homma, Comme des Garçons, Mark Borthwick, Rita Ackermann, Anders Edström, Jutta Koether, Gerhard Richter, et al.; among the latter, David Grubbs, Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, Oval, Tom Verlaine, et al. With [24] pages of glossy color photographs by Kyoji Takahashi at front. Catalog design by Experimental Jetset.