内容简介
SwimmingStudiesisawonderful,uniquebookfromthewriterandartistLeanneShapton,authorofImportantArtifactsandPersonalPropertyfromtheCollectionofLenoreDoolanandHaroldMorris,IncludingBooks,StreetFashion,andJewelry,withherartwork.Asateenager,LeanneShaptontrainedfortheOlympicswimmingtrials;nowanartist,sheisstilldrawninexorablytoswimming,inpoolsandonbeachesacrosstheworld.Whatdoyouwithanall-absorbingactivityonceit'spastitsrelevance,andyetyoucan'tquitegiveitup?Isitpossibletofindanewpurposeforitsrigoursandfocus?SwimmingStudiesisanoriginal,meditativeworkthatexploreswhatitisliketomovefromaworldofcompetitionanddisciplinetooneofrecreationandintrospection.Givingafascinatingglimpseintotheprivaterealmsofswimming,anddrawing,Shaptontellsanintimatestoryofsuburbanadolescence,familyties,andthesolitaryunderwatermomentsthatnowgroundherartistichabits.
作者简介
LeanneShaptonisanartist,illustrator,andwriterwhowasborninTorontoandlivesinNewYork.ShehascontributedtoTheNewYorkTimes,Harper'sMagazine,TheNewYorker,Jane,Seventeen,SaturdayNight,andMaclean's,amongotherpublications.SheisoneofthefoundersofJ&LBooks,anon-profitpublishingcompanyspecializinginnewartandwriting.SheistheauthorofImportantArtifactsandPersonalPropertyfromtheCollectionofLenoreDoolanandHaroldMorris,IncludingBooks,StreetFashion,andJewelry.