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Contemporary Figurative Painting
Marcel Dzama:
The Never Known
into the Forgotten
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marcel Dzama’s 2011 films A Game of
Chess and Death Disco Dance revealed
fascinating new developments in
the artist’s iconography and range of
media—perhaps most notably in his
use of puppets and dioramas, which
added more playful qualities to his
imagery of conflict and terror, and underscored
his dialogue with modernist
artists such as Duchamp, man ray
and oskar Schlemmer. this volume,
published for Dzama’s exhibitions at
Sies + Höke and Kunstverein Braunschweig,
reproduces a wealth of new
work, including images, stage sets,
puppets, dioramas and sculptures
from the films; a suite of ten drawings
called Forgotten Terrorists (2008–2011),
that draw on a photograph of the
palestinian terrorist and hijacker Leila
Khaled; and other recent drawings,
such as “pepper Spray Saturday”
(2011), an interpretation of the already
iconic image of policeman John pike
pepper spraying occupy protesters
at University of California Davis.
978-3-86206-101-3
pbk, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 184 pgs / 156 color.
U.S. $55.00 CDn $55.00
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9781935202622
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david zwirner
Mamma
Andersson:
Dog Days
kerber
edited and with preface by Martin
hentschel. Text by elfriede Jelinek,
Martin hentschel.
the widely admired Swedish artist
mamma andersson (born 1962) draws
on a long and venerable tradition of
northern european art for her painting,
in particular that of romantic landscape
painting, whose moody horizons
and ominous weather so acutely characterize
her modest-seeming scenes.
of course, andersson is equally apt to
draw on photographs of forensics investigations
or scenes from theatre
programs, shifting fluidly from the
heavy gravity of outdoor scenes to the
meticulous detail of equally ominous
interiors. this volume, published for
an exhibition at the Kunstmuseen
Krefeld, contextualizes andersson’s
painting in relation to the works of
painters such as Dürer, Dick Bengtsson,
edvard munch and Caspar David
Friedrich, showing how she has likewise
extrapolated larger meditations
on the human condition from the genres
of landscape and interior painting.
978-3-86678-656-1
Hbk, 11.75 x 9.5 in. / 104 pgs / 41 color /
6 b&w.
U.S. $50.00 CDn $50.00
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Kent Williams:
Eklektikos
ALLen sPIeGeL fIne ArTs
Text by Peter frank, Alex ross.
Los angeles–based artist Kent
Williams (born 1962) has built up a
formidable reputation as a leading
contemporary figurative painter,
alongside his thriving career as a
creator of graphic novels. Williams’
strong, gestural realism, combined
with areas of arresting detail, exhibits
abstract and neo-expressionistic sensibilities,
as well as autobiographical
elements: favorite models, friends, and
the artist himself all play a role in the
human story of his paintings. this new
monograph presents recent paintings
completed between 2007 and 2011.
as critic peter Frank explains in one
of the catalogue essays, “Williams’
unlikely, often dreamlike naturalism,
faithful to appearances but not at all
to reality—a kind of supernaturalism—
relies on an entirely confident and
convincing kind of figure painting,
one that acknowledges but does not
honor the verities of the body.”
978-1-934298-09-1
Hbk, 10.25 x 12.25 in. / 68 pgs / 45 color.
U.S. $49.50 CDn $49.50
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Jenny Saville
norTon MuseuM of ArT
Text by Cheryl brutvan, nicholas
Cullinan.
recognized as an exceptional talent in
the early 1990s, when she was just in
her early 20s, British painter Jenny
Saville (born 1970) has continued
to renew and subvert the legacy of such
masters as rembrandt, de Kooning and
Freud, with sometimes controversial interpretations
of the human figure—primarily
the female body—that expertly
mingle the textures of paint and flesh.
this volume, accompanying the first
U.S. survey of the artist, includes already
classic early paintings such as
“propped” (1992) alongside studies and
more recent paintings and drawings on
the theme of the mother and child. Saville’s
brushwork reveals an increased
dynamism and looser gesture. extended
critical commentary by Cheryl
Brutvan and nicholas Cullinan discuss
Saville’s feminism and treatments of
flesh throughout art history. Despite
Saville’s fame, there have been few opportunities
to view her mature work, a
lacuna this volume happily corrects.
978-0-943411-42-2
Clth, 8 x 10 in. / 100 pgs / 27 color.
U.S. $50.00 CDn $50.00
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exHIBItIon SCHeDULe
oxford, england: modern art oxford,
06/22/12–09/16/12
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9781934298015
Allen spiegel fine Arts
Marlene Dumas:
Sorte
sILvAnA edITorIALe
edited by Giorgio verzotti.
marlene Dumas (born 1953) is one of
the most highly regarded contemporary
painters working today. Sorte
attests to the artist’s ongoing interest
in the dialectic between the physicality
of the human body and the metaphysical
themes that attend its demise. this
book includes paintings from Dumas’
recent Forsaken series: her haunted,
pale portraits of amy Winehouse, her
pearly and painterly crucifixions and a
meditation on the relationship between
father and son. the book’s 15 previously
unexhibited works, however, are
concerned instead with the figures
of the mother and the child, inspired
by images from the archives of an
orphanage and portraits of pier paolo
pasolini and his mother Susanna.
also included is Dumas’ portrait of
Italian film star anna magnani, caught
in a film still from Mamma Roma,
the bleached sheet of her face transforming
her features into a femininized
form of the crucifix.
978-88-366-2285-6
pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 120 pgs / 55 color.
U.S. $40.00 CDn $40.00
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Measuring Your
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9781933751085
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d.A.P./Museum of
Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles
Toxic Beauty:
The Art of Frank
Moore
GreY ArT GALLerY, new York
unIversITY
foreword by Lynn Gumpert. Text by
klaus kertess, susan harris, Gregg
bordowitz, frank Moore.
Toxic Beauty: The Art of Frank
Moore is the most comprehensive
presentation of work by a remarkable
artist whose life was cut short by
aIDS. Frank moore (1953–2002) is
best known for his large, highly
detailed figurative paintings filled with
fantastic and symbolic images. this
catalogue includes a complete bibliography,
chronology and excerpts from
moore’s own writings. It also features
more than 50 color images of moore’s
paintings and works on paper, as well
as approximately 40 reproductions
of previously unpublished archival
material—such as sketchbooks and
documents—culled from the vast Frank
moore papers housed at new York
University’s Fales Library. an essay
by Klaus Kertess considers moore’s
recurrent themes, situating the artist
within the vibrant downtown scene;
a contribution by gregg Bordowitz
relates moore’s works to his passionate
aIDS activism; and a piece by Susan
Harris addresses the artist’s working
methods.
978-0-934349-17-8
Clth, 8.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 150 color.
U.S. $50.00 CDn $50.00
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exHIBItIon SCHeDULe
new York: grey art gallery, new York
University, 09/07/12–12/08/12
George Tooker:
Reality Recurs
as a Dream
dC Moore GALLerY
Introduction by bridget Moore. Text
by ralph sessions, robert Cozzolino,
Marshall Price, kurt kauper, Paul Cadmus.
Interview by selden rodman.
For more than 60 years, george tooker
(1920–2011) created luminous and
often enigmatic paintings, addressing
issues from alienation and the dehumanizing
aspects of contemporary society
to personal meditations on the
human condition. From the Cold War
urban purgatories and bureaucratic
paranoia of his early paintings to his
later warm, glowing images of lovers
embracing in fields or found in windows,
tooker’s spiritual vision ultimately
stands as a quest for the
endless possibilities of intimacy, compassion
and tolerance. Widespread
public recognition first came to tooker
through his best-known painting, “Subway”
(1950), a definitive image of anxiety
and dread. His more utopian
themes of peace, brotherhood and reconciliation
would find expression in
such works as “embrace of peace II”
(1988). published in conjunction with
DC moore gallery’s memorial exhibition,
George Tooker: Reality Recurs as
a Dream features paintings from every
period of tooker’s long career.
978-0-9826316-7-6
Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 88 pgs / 30 color /
6 b&w.
U.S. $40.00 CDn $40.00
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ArT hIGhLIGhTs
Alice Neel:
Late Portraits
& Still Lifes
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Text by Tim Griffin.
alice neel (1900–1984) is widely considered
one of the greatest portraitists
of the twentieth century. published on
the occasion of a solo exhibition at
David Zwirner, new York, this beautifully
designed book presents a selection
of portraits and still lifes from the
last two decades of the artist’s life.
Called “the pre-eminent painter-chronicler
of new York bohemia” by Deborah
Solomon of The New York Times, neel
remains a hero to many of today’s most
influential figurative painters, including
eric Fischl, elizabeth peyton and
marlene Dumas—as much for the emotional
and psychological intensity of
her work as for her exemplary fearlessness.
978-1-934435-55-7
Clth, 10 x 11 in. / 72 pgs / 24 color.
U.S. $50.00 CDn $50.00
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