The Carnival at the End of the World Tarot
The Carnival at the End of the World Tarot is a cult deck in the truest sense: it has gathered devoted followers through the sheer force of its imagery, which is unlike anything else in the tarot world. Artists Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, known for their elaborately staged photographic works that combine absurdist fantasy with the aesthetic language of documentary, bring that same sensibility to the 84 cards of this deck.
The six additional cards beyond the traditional 78 expand the deck's narrative without departing from the basic tarot framework. Printed on superior playing card stock, the set holds together as a coherent artistic vision that feels genuinely strange and genuinely worthwhile in equal measure.
About the Creators
Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick met at Washington University in St. Louis in the early 1980s and have worked collaboratively since then. Both born in 1964, in New York and London respectively, they specialize in photography and installation art, creating fictitious histories set in the past or future. Their work involves elaborately constructed costumes, sculptures, and environments, often made from unlikely materials, and has been exhibited at more than 100 solo and group shows worldwide. Their work is held in collections including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Smithsonian Institution.
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