Art Monsters by Lauren Elkin
'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it? Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, Art Monsters is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body. Weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers – from Julia Margaret Cameron’s photography to Kara Walker’s silhouettes, Vanessa Bell’s portraits to Eva Hesse’s rope sculptures – Lauren Elkin shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political. ‘The Susan Sontag of her generation’ Deborah Levy
'Destined to become a new classic' * Chris Kraus *
'Juxtaposes ideas, images, language, in a vivid collage that invites us to look more deeply' * Jeanette Winterson *
'Soaring and vivid.. it left me giddy with possibility' * Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat *
'A fascinating re-visioning and re-imagining of women artists who have used their bodies in all sorts of creative, subversive ways.' * Juliet Jacques *
'You won't find anything like this history, told in this way, anywhere else' * Lubaina Himid *
'Juxtaposes ideas, images, language, in a vivid collage that invites us to look more deeply' * Jeanette Winterson *
'Soaring and vivid.. it left me giddy with possibility' * Doireann Ní Ghríofa, author of A Ghost in the Throat *
'A fascinating re-visioning and re-imagining of women artists who have used their bodies in all sorts of creative, subversive ways.' * Juliet Jacques *
'You won't find anything like this history, told in this way, anywhere else' * Lubaina Himid *
Lauren Elkin is the author of several critically-acclaimed books, including Scaffolding, Art Monsters, and Flâneuse. Her essays on art, literature, and culture have appeared in the London Review of Books, the New York Times, Granta, Harper's, Le Monde, Les Inrockuptibles, and Frieze, among others. An award-winning translator, she lives between Paris and London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529922554 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529922550 |
| Title | Art Monsters |
| Author | Lauren Elkin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2024-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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