Bodies of Work: Contemporary Figurative Painting - Couverture rigide

Della Monica, Lauren P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0764349821 ISBN 13 : 9780764349829

Editeur : Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Human forms can be intensely intimate or broadly universal. Here, figurative artists use the human form as a tool to express varied content and contemporary issues. These paintings depict our feelings and sentiments, our sense of belonging to a larger community in the contemporary world, while capturing the impulses behind the range of figuration presented by today's contemporary international artists. Portraitist Marlene Dumas presents figures in a gritty, unsentimental manner, evoking the essence of the human condition, while Kerry James Marshall paints the life of African-Americans in the twentieth-century, employing recent historical review to document the social challenges. British artist Jenny Saville paints the figure in massive scale, combined with an overt, never-ending interest in the pure rendering of human flesh. Hope Gangloff paints her figures as characters, intimate friends, and acquaintances, narrating a drama from their canvases. An important resource for those interested in contemporary figurative painting.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lauren Pheeney Della Monica is a New York-based art consultant specializing in advising private clients on building collections of fine art. She writes about contemporary art, American art, and art collecting.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0764349821
• ISBN 13: 9780764349829
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible