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Bodies of Work
Lauren P. Della Monica
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Description for Bodies of Work
Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764349829
SKU
V9780764349829
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About Lauren P. Della Monica
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.
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