• Cover of the book Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths by John Balance, illustrated with abstract eye-filled faces.
  • Close-up of a black page with white text in English, showing Val Denham’s reflective statement about John Balance.
  • Double-page spread with two surreal drawings: a golden anthropomorphic figure and a red-blue hand rising from stacked pots.
  • Left: a multicolored face with bulging eyes and crooked teeth. Right: a distorted humanoid figure blending into a dreamlike landscape.
  • Left: ink drawing of a chicken, phallus, and human forms. Right: a fetus in a colored oval.
  • Left: a red text drawing with black crossed-out words. Right: a black-and-white grotesque humanoid figure.
  • Left: a deity-like figure with outstretched arms and bright colors. Right: an abstract composition of geometric, fiery shapes.
  • Two crayon-style portraits: one with a red background and totem-like form, the other reading “He sleeps in blood.”
  • Chaotic surreal forms in red, blue, and yellow.
  • Left: floating pink biomorphic figure signed “ectoplasm.” Right: swirling black strands radiating from a black circle.
  • Two abstract expressionist paintings with red, blue, and yellow paint blots on light and dark backgrounds.
  • Back cover with biographical text and black-and-white photo of John Balance.
  • Close-up of book spine showing the title Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths
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John Balance | Timeless Edition

Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths - John Balance (Extended Edition, 2024)

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Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths is a 2024 extended Timeless Edition John Balance book: 300 pages of John Balance art, limited to 400 copies.

  • Hardcover
  • 300 pages
  • 23 × 23 cm
  • Timeless Edition, 2024
  • Limited to 400
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About the Book

Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths — overview (Extended Edition, 2024)

Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths returns in an extended Timeless Edition. It presents john balance art as a self-contained body of work. The sequence stays quiet and precise. The book reads like an archive, not a souvenir.

Edition details

  • Publisher: Timeless Edition
  • Year: 2024 (Extended / expanded edition)
  • Hardcover • 23 × 23 cm • 300 pages
  • Includes 40 pages of new art
  • Texts: Val Denham, Jeremy Reed + appreciation by BC
  • Limited to 400 copies
  • ISBN: 9791096037155

What’s new in this edition

This John Balance book is expanded, reformatted, and redesigned. It includes 40 pages of new art, including works not previously reproduced. Texts by Val Denham and Jeremy Reed are included, alongside a magico-critical appreciation by BC.

John Balance art on paper: drawings, paintings, private systems

The material moves between symbols, figures, and small internal rules. The tone is restrained. It remains close to the artist’s own logic. Bright Lights and Cats with No Mouths holds together as an object, and as a record.

Condition & handling

Condition: new. Copy is clean and unused. Packed for safe shipping with rigid protection.

About the Author

John Balance

John Balance (Geoffrey Laurence Burton, 1962–2004) was a British musician and artist, best known as a founding member of Coil. Alongside Peter Christopherson, he helped shape post-industrial culture while building a parallel visual language.

This title focuses on that visual output. It treats john balance art as a complete practice, not as an illustration of music. For collectors of artist publications, it functions as a compact, limited edition reference.

Product Details & Safety

Weight: 1.4 kg

Publisher / Manufacturer: Timeless Edition
Country of origin: France
Website: https://www.timeless-shop.com

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Kirill Korchemkin
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