Ana Maria Pacheco by Sandra Miller

Ana Maria Pacheco by Sandra Miller

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
Summary

Pacheco's suite of polychrome sculpture, entitled "Dark Night of the Soul", translates the legend of St Sebastian into a modern context. This book traces the development of that work and its inspiration and documents the finished piece through Hedgecoe's photography.

The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free US shipping over $15
  • Buying preloved emits 41% less CO2 than new
  • Millions of affordable books
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

Ana Maria Pacheco by Sandra Miller

The fourth artist in residence at the National Gallery, London, Ana Maria Pacheco grew up in Brazil, surrounded by a culture richly influenced both by the Catholic religion and by the rituals of the indigenous population. She was also aware of the modernist architecture that was introduced to Brazil from Europe in the 1930s, which stood in stark contrast to the colourful amalgam of processions, ceremonies and church art. Pacheco's suite of polychrome sculpture at the National Gallery reflects these influences and translates the legend of St Sebastian into a 20th-century context. Her two paintings, "Luz Eterna" and Queen of Sheba and King Solomon in the Garden of Earthly Delights" reveal her fascination with biblical themes as a source of timeless myth. John Hedgecoe has photographed the artist at work on the tableau, stage by stage, as well as the finished work, and Sandra Miller's text draws heavily on numerous conversations with the artist and throws light on the artist's imagination at work.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780853318194
ISBN 10 0853318190
Title Ana Maria Pacheco
Author Sandra Miller
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Year published 2001-09-28
Number of pages 118
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.