书目

Marlene Dumas：Measuring Your Own Grave

内容简介

Inherexpressionisticdrawingsandpaintingsofthelastthreedecades,acclaimedSouthAfricanartistMarleneDumashasfocusedonthehumanfigure,probingthemesoflove,despair,desireandconfusioninordertocritiquesocialandpoliticalattitudestowardswomen,children,peopleofcolourandotherswhohavebeenhistoricallyvictimized.Thissubstantial,fullyillustratedvolume,publishedontheoccasionofDumas'sfirstmajorAmericansurvey,featuresanewlycommissionedessaybyrenownedscholarRichardSchiff,placingtheartist'sworkinrelationtobothAmericanfigurativepaintingsincethe1980sandAbstractExpressionism.ThebookalsoincludescuratorCorneliaH.Butler'sexaminationofDumas'sphotographicsourcesandshortertextsbyLisaGabrielleMarkandMatthewMonahan.Writingsbytheartist,aswellasanextensiveillustratedexhibitionhistoryandbibliography,completethiscomprehensiveexaminationoftheworkofoneofthemostthought-provokingartistsworkingtoday.

作者简介

MarleneDumaswasbornin1953inCapetown,SouthAfrica.AfterstudyingattheMichealisSchoolofFineArtsthere,sherelocatedtotheNetherlands,whereshestudiedinHaarlemandAmsterdam.Shehasparticipatedinnumeroussoloandgroupexhibitions,includingattheCentreGeorgesPompidou,Paris;theHirshhornMuseumandSculptureGarden,Washington,D.C.;theTateGallery,London;andtheMuseumfurModerneKunst,Frankfurt.

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