dishevel books is an independent publisher endeavouring to disturb the status quo through books on art that other publishers may shy away from. We aim to marry accessible, scholarly writing with high-quality images and print production. We are unabashedly niche in our publishing, more so in focusing on artists and related issues less for their commercial pull than how their work avows original, messy insights.
dishevel: lit. ‘disordered hair’ (French origin); disturb, displace, make a mess of
Maurice O’Riordan, Park off Old McMillan St, Darwin, 2023, digital photograph, © Maurice O’Riordan