JENNIFER HIGGIE is a writer who studied painting at art school in Australia before moving to London. Previously the editor of frieze magazine, she was also the presenter of Bow Down, a podcast about women in art history. She is a screenwriter, the editor of a collection of writings on art and humour, The Artist's Joke, a novel, Bedlam, a children's book, There's Not One, and The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience - 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits.
In effervescent and atmospheric prose, Jennifer Higgie explores
some of history's most innovative artists and their spiritual
investigations into this realm and the next. I was entranced from
start to finish, as she takes us on both a personal and artistic
journey across time and across the globe. The Other Side is
an exhilarating read -- KATY HESSEL, author of THE STORY OF ART
WITHOUT MEN
Invigorating . . . The Other Side [is] endlessly intriguing
. . . I was enchanted * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
The Other Side lit up my brain. A radical, fascinating
exploration of art and the otherworldly, Higgie is an expert and
erudite guide in this brilliant reclamation of female artists --
SINEAD GLEESON, author of CONSTELLATIONS
The Other Side is a colourful, varied look at the many
artists and thinkers who have touched worlds beyond our own - and a
necessary reconsideration of why they have all too often been
"brushed aside" * PROSPECT *
Wonderful . . . Higgie guides us through overlooked stories from
the history of art and reveals the insights into the nature of
imagination which reside there. Illuminating in every sense of the
word -- JOHN HIGGS, author of WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD
A rewarding and invigorating read * SYDNEY MORNING HERALD *
An entrancing look at formerly neglected artists who navigated
thresholds between this world and the next, and a crucial
exploration of realms formerly dismissed. Elegantly expanded my
thinking on the eternal mystery of where art comes from -- JENNIFER
LUCY ALLAN, author of THE FOGHORN'S LAMENT
A majestic account of the ways in which women's art has developed
in response to spiritual experience. Higgie traces a compelling
route through an alternative history that attends to the
astonishing work of female artists whose practice was deeply
connected to spiritualism and the occult, and which was often far
ahead of its time, anticipating practices and modes of modernist
abstraction . . . endlessly surprising and ambitious -- Stephanie
Bishop * THE MONTHLY *
Ranging from 12th-century mystic Hildegard von Bingen to
20th-century painters such as Ithell Colquhoun and Hilma af Klint,
Higgie teases out links between spiritualism, feminism and art
history in this evocative study * APOLLO MAGAZINE *
Jennifer Higgie is the most splendid of guides on this enthralling
journey of a book. With tremendous intelligence, sensitivity and a
receptivity nearly equal to that of her subjects, she leads us
through a gallery of remarkable women artists whose dialogue with
other realms became the font of their creativity as well as a
sanctuary. Excellent, inspiring and transformative -- CHLOE
ARIDJIS, author of SEA MONSTERS
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