The definitive Babs Santini book: the complete graphic work of Steven Stapleton (
Nurse With Wound), covering his entire visual output over five decades, on nearly 600 color pages.
Conceived by Andrew Thomas and developed over twelve years in close collaboration with Steven and Sarah Stapleton, this catalogue raisonné offers a profound exploration of Santini's singular œuvre.
This substantial volume—a 10" x 10" hardback weighing 3.2 kg—spans 560 pages in full colour, elegantly arranged across 17 thematic chapters, and is strictly limited to 800 copies. Covering over five decades of creation, the book presents an exceptional body of work, including the iconic imagery for
Nurse With Wound as well as artwork for
Coil, Current 93, Stereolab, Whitehouse, Sand, and many others.
Enriched by previously unseen pieces and thoughtfully curated texts, it stands as the most comprehensive visual archive of Steven Stapleton's artistic output to date. Also featured is an extensive discography and a complete archive of United Dairies releases—the seminal label founded in 1979 by Stapleton and John Fothergill.
To be released in early October.
Steven Stapleton (born 1957 in London) is the
only permanent member of
Nurse With Wound, a pioneer group of English
experimental music since the early 80's. With more than 150 releases,
alone or with other musicians, he has swept widely different musical
styles, from industrial music to mambo, through electronics,
improvisation, electroacoustics, with a lot of humor.
He has also made appearances on other artists' records and worked as
producer (Stereolab). He runs United Dairies, a record label which put
out mostly NWW's records and some records of Current 93, The Lemon
Kittens, Volcano The Bear.
Steven Stapleton is also a graphic artist. He signs his works by the
name of Babs Santini. He has made many covers for Nurse with Wound, as
well as other bands like Current 93,
Coil, The Legendary Pink Dots. He has been living in Ireland for many years, where he builds houses, trailers with found material.
See also
Nurse With Wound.
