"Perry has produced something remarkable for anyone interested in contemporary art and culture. Islands and Contemporary Art is a totally captivating and accessible survey of works and ideas illuminating our relationship to islands, both real and imaginary. It addresses important issues about how we value art, literature and film in a way that will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the forces – ecological, cultural and political – shaping our world."

Michael Corris, Southern Methodist University

"In this exemplary and curious interweaving of themes, environments, communities and artworks, Gill Perry mobilizes an ecologically aware, feminist and postcolonial intelligence in the exploration of a conceptual archipelago of allegory, myth and creative place making. This generously illustrated book explores gender, ecology, politics and aesthetics, entangled with the facts and fantasies of island stories. It provides an insightful understanding of how artists work to stimulate spectacular and elemental intimations of these elusive themes."

Barry Curtis, Istituto Marangoni and Central St Martins, London