LITERATURE
Memoirs & Short Stories
COLOR COVER
B / W COVER
The Philosopher's Style
$125
Available in two cover designs, “The Philosopher’s Style” presents 80 short stories and interviews that Beatrix has composed over the years. The short stories are philosophical and fantastical, nostalgic and sharp. The interview subjects represent the range of humanity that is the intrepid and empathetic web that Beatrix spins. As in life, Beatrix provides a cosmic space for others to share themselves. The prose of “The Philosopher’s Style” was given room to evolve into “textual painting”: creating a synesthetic quality for the reader. The gorgeous full color images within the book span decades and include her archival photos, sketches, paintings, sculptures, and a photo shoot by Ari Seth Cohen from Advanced Style. This book is both a lifetime in the making and just another adventure from one of the most unique women to roam amongst us. It is truly a gift.
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"Beatrix assumes the role of nomadic scholar and reluctant mystic. She holds Space in such abundance that she has plenty to give. And she does, often and freely. One can accept it or not. One can see it or not. This gift arrives in laughter, conversation, silence—and advice that is never unsolicited. Creation is best served without exposition." - Brantly Martin "This glorious sensation, this excess, this saturated intensity is animated by her seriousness. By the everydayness of her creative life. The work of Making. That is the true line of her life. She is an artist. When I look straight into her pale eyes, there is a curious child, a teenage rebel, an ardent lover, an angry woman, there is a loving mother and a friend who demands my presence and forgives my failures. - Savitri Drupe Beatrix is a one-of-a-kind woman. Her sense of style is her life. A Philosopher first; then an Author, an Artist, a Designer, a Decorator, a Stylist, a Mother, a Sister, a Lover and a Muse. A friend to many and an enemy of none. She is a self-declared “Ambassador of Peace.” She creates objects that cohabitate. They suggest conversations or ideas for meditation. They might be a sentimental ode to those moments in life that must be embodied in art to be remembered, to remind you that overall . . . In your body is a good place to be. - Valentina Ilardi Martin
I Could Have Been A Tree Instead
Rich with detailed photographs of paintings and sculptures by artists Beatrix Ost and Michelle Gagliano, I Could Have Been a Tree Instead is a surreal journey through the collaborative work of two artists in witness to our changing environment.
$30
" Bearing witness to the changes taking place in our planet's environment, Ost and Gagliano create works of art that aim to disseminate visual information about the urgency of the state of the world and encourage others to cherish our planet's transubstantiate beauty."
- Anns Buchanan
Curator The William King Museum
More than Everything & A Piece of Me
Box Set
$80
Rendered with insight, humor, and acute visual lyricism, A Piece of Me / My Father’s House is a unique exploration of the powers of memory, and of a little-known chapter in the history of German private life.
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" This is not a simple memoir—it is a rare story of life in Germany during the end of WWII from a child’s viewpoint. And what a view Ost spreads before her audience, painting a narrative of exquisite beauty edged with the pain of war-torn Bavarian. " - KE Planning "Beatrix uses words like she uses paint ... with brush strokes so vivid and rich I feel as if I'm there watching as her story unfolds. I love this book!" - Sissy Spacek "Beatrix Ost's image are so arresting and so well chosen, and her ability to conjure moods and experiences so extraordinary, that I was constantly stupefied by her mix of poetry and clarity (two virtues that seldom coexist)...This is a book of extraordinary beauty and great poetry — really a masterpiece." - Andrew Solomon