书目

AwakeintheDreamWorldTheArtofAudreyNiff

内容简介

Otherworldly，provocative，andstrange，AwakeintheDreamWorldchannelsthelooming，historicalgrimnessoftheclassicfairytale，illuminatingthedichotomybetweentherealandimaginedthroughthecontextoffantasy，andbringingtolifeamacabreensembleoffolkloriccharacters.AwakeintheDreamWorldisamid-careerretrospectiveofartistandauthorAudreyNiffenegger(TheTimeTraveler'sWife，bestsellingnovelturnedfeaturefilm)，reflectinghertalentforcultivatingacaptivatingnarrativeexclusivelythroughpicturesandherownconfrontationswithlife，mortality，andmagic.Niffenegger'sfantasticalbodyofworkisreminiscentofrenownedpenandinkpredecessorssuchasEdwardGorey，AubreyBeardsley，EgonSchiele，EdwardDulac，andHorstJanssen，butwithabrutallyhonestandunapologeticallystrangefemaleperspectivethattouchesupontheuniversaltrialsoflife—deathanddecay，love，jealousy，redemption，andtheinevitabilityofchange.Herworksonpaper，lithographs，andaquatintsreflecttheoftensurrealnarrativesofherartist'sbooks.Throughself-portraiture，Niffeneggerrevealsherownself-assuranceandwhimsyalongsideanxietyandloneliness，probingdarkercornersofthehumanheartandmind，oftenexploringthehopelessstrugglewithwhatShakespearecalled"thisbloodytyrant，Time."EssaysbyAudreyNiffenegger，NationalMuseumofWomenintheArtsCuratorofBookArtsKrystynaWasserman，andArtInstituteofChicagoCuratorandSchooloftheArtInstituteProfessorMarkPascaleexploretheartist'sinfluencesandwork.PublishedinconjunctionwiththeJune21—November10，2013exhibitionattheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts.

作者简介

AudreyNiffeneggerisavisualartistandwriterwholivesmostlyinChicagoandoccasionallyinLondon.Shehaspublishedsixbooks,includingthenovelsTheTimeTraveler'sWifeandHerFearfulSymmetry.ShehelpedtofoundtheColumbiaCollegeChicagoCenterforBookandPaperArts.HerarthasbeenexhibitedbyPrintworksGalleryinChicagosince1986.SheisaProfessorintheFictionDepartmentofColumbiaCollege.Hercurrentprojectsincludeherthirdnovel,TheChinchillaGirlinExile,andaballet,RavenGirl,incollaborationwithWayneMcGregorfortheRoyalOperaHouseBallet.KrystynaWassermaniscurrentlyCuratorofBookArtsattheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts(NMWA)inWashington,D.C.SheestablishedNMWA’sLibraryandResearchCenter,servingasitsdirectorfrom1987through2002.Shenowoverseesthemuseum’scollectionofmorethan1,000artists’books.Shehascuratedmorethanthirtyexhibitionsofartists’books,sketchbooks,andillustrations,includingTheBookasArt:TwentyYearsofArtists’BooksfromtheNationalMuseumofWomenintheArts(2006).WassermanisamemberofNMWA’sLibraryFellows,aprogramshedevelopedtosupportthecreationofartists’books.MarkPascaleisalithographerwhohasbeenactiveintheChicagoartworldformorethan30years,asacurator,researcher,andteacher.HeisCuratorintheDepartmentofPrintsandDrawingsatTheArtInstituteofChicago,andconcurrentlyAdjunctProfessorofArtinPrintMedia,atSchooloftheArtInstitute.HisnumerousexhibitionsandpublicationsincludeContemporaryDrawingsfromtheIrvingStennJr.Collection,andJasperJohns:GraypublishedbyTheArtInstituteofChicago.HeiscurrentlyworkingonaretrospectiveexhibitionoftheprintsanddrawingsofMartinPuryear.,,,,,

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