Out of the Frame began as a lockdown project and is Joe Treasure’s first collection of poems.
A performance of poems, richly illustrated with famous paintings. Art from six centuries is brought dramatically to life through the imagined voices of the artists and the figures in their pictures.
Hear the thoughts of a trio of disdainful goddesses, a couple of WWI veterans (one British, one German), a woman hurrying to meet her lover in 19th century Paris, the bewildered wife of a medieval Italian merchant and a modern couple falling out over a picture in a gallery.
The poem ‘Yes Paris‘, inspired by Gwen John’s portrait of Chloë Broughton-Leigh, was shortlisted in 2021 for the Bridport Poetry Prize.
The book will be published in June 2023 by the Third Story Press. Further details will be available later.
The cover depicts the painting Chaim Soutine by Amedeo Modigliani, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
The poems will be performed at the Wandsworth Arts Fringe in June 2023:
Praise from the Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2022:
“Out of the frame and into a fairyland of pictures and words. I loved this!” (Nicoline)
“What an inventive, witty and entertaining way of discovering paintings through poetry” (Adam)