You look at them now, and it’s pretty wild: the makeup, the glitter, the stage costumes, all that cross-dressing by people who were not really like that at all. I enjoy the look and feel of these jolts and admire the depth of emotions and associations they produce.

Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s new memoir, Art is Magic, celebrates his belief in the power of art to make the everyday profound. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report.

Art is Magic is artist Jeremy Deller's attempt to tie up the key works of his career alongside the art, pop music, film, politics and history that have inspired his work.

Folkestone Book Festival is our annual celebration of books, ideas, reading and writing in its many magical forms. Art is Magic is artist Jeremy Deller's attempt to tie up the key works of his career alongside the art, pop music, film, politics and history that have inspired his work. Men fighting in a field in the countryside and being pursued up a hill by dogs and police on horseback.He describes using contrasting elements to create ‘a visual jolt’, a kind of vibrational tension, in his work. When his mother explained to him that it wasn’t real and that the band had split up, he felt “bereft”. This book is an enjoyable look back across 30 years worth of artworks by Jeremy Deller - from his playful inflatable Stonehenge to his poignant intervention where soldiers in World War I uniforms turned up at stations.

Jeremy Deller won the Turner Prize in 2004, and represented Britain at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. From his inflatable Stonehenge for the Glasgow International Festival to the Miners’ Strike, bats (a subject in at least three of Deller’s works), and Andy Warhol, to the links between the Industrial Revolution and heavy metal, hen harriers pecking out the eyes of a Tory MP and the Somme anniversary piece We’re Here Because We’re Here, there is something for art lovers, fans and the culturally curious alike. These include his inflatable installation for the Glasgow International Festival, the miners’ strike (his film on the Battle of Orgreave), bats (the subject of at least three of Deller’s works), Andy Warhol (whom he met in 1986), the links between the Industrial Revolution and heavy metal, and hen harriers pecking out the eyes of a Tory MP (featured in his anti-game-hunting mural created for the Venice Biennale).You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. Creative Folkestone is also supported by Arts Council England, Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Kent County Council and The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust.

Jeremy Deller won the Turner Prize in 2004, represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 2013 – and participated in the first Folkestone Triennial in 2008. I do, yes,” he says, nodding, when we sit down to chat amid the organised clutter of the office of his flat overlooking north London’s Holloway Road, where he does most of his thinking and planning. That letting go – surfing the waves rather than being King Canute telling the waves what to do – feels a more generous form of practice.Rather than fearing or suffering the powers in place, it results in a confrontation between history, culture and heritage. The book features work from across Deller's life and art and includes Sacrilege, the inflatable Stonehenge, the Iggy Pop Life Class , The Battle of Orgreave , a recreation of a confrontation from the Miners' Strike, bats (a subject in at least three of Deller's works), Andy Warhol (whom he met in 1986), rave culture, hen harriers pecking out the eyes of a Tory MP, and a giant Chameleon slide. Whether it's stepping on Stonehenge's sacred ground, jumping on it or highlighting popular culture, evoking music fans or the British, it's all about mass creative power.