
Robert Shehu-Ansell
Robert Shehu-Ansell
BIOGRAPHY
Robert Shehu-Ansell (b.1965) is a publisher, curator and independent scholar. An experienced public speaker, he occasionally lectures on his field of expertise – esoteric art of the 20th century with a specific focus on Austin Osman Spare. Through his publishing company FULGUR PRESS he has represented esoteric artists in book form since 1992. Robert is also the publisher of several series publications, including Black Mirror and Abraxas Journal, which has been described as ‘today’s pre-eminent voice for the serious study of occult and esoteric expression.’ He has been interviewed for the BBC Culture Show, the blog Boing Boing, and Dazed and Confused. He lives in Somerset with his wife and publishing co-director, Aisha Shehu-Ansell.
PUBLISHED WORK, etc.
Psychopathia Sexualis
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE
–preface by Rebecca Fasman
–introduction by Ryan M. Pfeiffer with Rebecca Walz
–essays from Jeremy Biles, Elijah Burgher and Robert Shehu-Ansell
The Carfax Monographs
Steffi and Kenneth Grant
—72 hand-numbered copies only in black silk cloth, in fleece-lined slipcase
—signed by G. Grant and Henrik Bogdan
—facsimiles of Steffi Grant’s Golden Dawn sketchbooks, c. 1946-48
—images of ephemera and typescripts from the Kenneth and Steffi Grant archive
—introductory essay by Henrik Bogdan
—edited by Robert Shehu-Ansell, with citations and bibliography
The Carfax Monographs
Steffi and Kenneth Grant
—facsimiles of Steffi Grant’s Golden Dawn sketchbooks, c. 1946-48
—images of ephemera and typescripts from the Kenneth and Steffi Grant archive
—introductory essay by Henrik Bogdan
—edited by Robert Shehu-Ansell, with citations and bibliography
Abraxas Journal #4
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Edited by Robert Ansell and Christina Oakley Harrington
The Focus of Life (Redux)
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE
With essays from Robert Shehu-Ansell and Phil Baker
– 700 copies only
Abraxas #2
Edited by Robert Ansell and Christina Oakley Harrington
– 200 copies only
– with an ORIGINAL signed and numbered silkscreen-print by Barry William Hale entitled Regina Phasmatum.
The Exhibition Catalogues of Austin O. Spare
Edited by Robert Shehu-Ansell
– 700 copies only
Abraxas Journal #1
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Edited by Robert Ansell and Christina Oakley Harrington
– 900 copies only
Borough Satyr: The Life and Art of Austin Osman Spare
VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS
Edited by Robert Shehu-Ansell
– 961 hand-numbered copies only
The Book of Ugly Ecstasy
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE
Introduction by Robert Shehu-Ansell
– 741 hand-numbered copies only
The Witches’ Sabbath and Axiomata
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE
With texts from Gavin W. Semple, Lionel Snell and Robert Shehu-Ansell
– 900 hand-numbered copies only