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Bleifer, Sandy

 
9781733071949: Paper: Angels: Self Portraits in a Gesture of Suffering and Transcendence
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1733071946 ISBN 13 : 9781733071949
Editeur : Sandra Bleifer, 2019

Synopsis

The figure in flight conjures up a familiar female archetype - an angel - an arbiter between human suffering and transcendence. The use of the female figure - long a staple of Western artistic iconography - may be interpreted in a contemporary context of women's issues or as a matriarchal figure embodying the world's suffering. The "Shrine of the Angels" series utilizes color photo Xerox printouts of the source image for the Angels, several incorporating a lighting element and on a scale that can collectively be installed as a shrine.

These life-size female figures gesturing upward in supplication depict a range of human injuries that we endure. They have taken on a religious connotation when installed in churches and function as transcendence and closure in the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Project when the artist has included them in that project.

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Éditeur
Sandra Bleifer
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1733071946
ISBN 13 
9781733071949
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
34
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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