Known Unknowns

Saatchi Charles

An insightful, enlightening and frequently challenging critique of contemporary culture delivered through 100 individual essays and 198 astonishing, disconcerting and truly unforgettable images. Written from the perspective of one of the most significant figures in global advertising and one of the most influential collectors of contemporary art.

"Known Unknowns" presents the personally curated compilation of a true master of the modern image.

From serial killers, mass extinction and the war on drugs, to a $70 million car crash, the size of Einstein's brain and the most monstrous man in Japan, Saatchi explores the darker corners of modern existence in his own inimitable style.

Drawing on a career that has seen him produce and collect some of the most iconic images of modern times, Charles Saatchi presents his unique perspective on contemporary culture.

About the Author

Charles Saatchi has been one of the moving forces of the modern age, one of the most significant figures in global advertising and one of the most influential collectors of contemporary art, while contradictorily remaining a reclusive, even elusive figure. Saatchi was selected by the BBC as one of 60 'New Elizabethans' who have most influenced the past 60 years. Since "My Name Is Charles Saatchi" and "I'm An Artoholic" in which he answered questions from journalists, critics and members of the public with brutally frank candour. Charles Saatchi, has written four more successful and entertaining books in his inimitable witty and pithy prose.

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