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OverviewAmerican artist Marilyn Minter (born 1948) has long cultivated a space between the classical and the commercial for her photorealistic paintings and visceral photographs. Minter’s art is characterized by an emphasis on natural textures in all of their extremes—whether that of the turquoise eyeshadow on a young woman’s face or the glittery grit on the underside of a high-heeled shoe. This monograph dedicated to her recent works reveals her 2009 film Green Pink Caviar and a dozen monumental paintings as well as the processes behind such works. In her most recent series Bathers, Minter is inspired by classical representations of the female bather as an artistic subject from ancient Greece to early Impressionism. She offers a contemporary version of this figure: her female subjects relax and wash themselves in modern showers, their faces and bodies partially obscured by a film of condensation on the glass separating them from the viewer. In some images the women appear as a mere blur behind the glass; in others, the rivulets of water that course down the glass plane reveal enough to identify a face or body part. The effect is a sensuousness that defies the male voyeuristic gaze seen throughout art history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marilyn Minter , Jennifer Higgie , Anya HarrisonPublisher: Jean Boite editions Imprint: Jean Boite editions Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.413kg ISBN: 9782365680424ISBN 10: 2365680429 Pages: 90 Publication Date: 30 November 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"All Wet' offers a steamy and sensual look at the classic archetype of the female bather in the new millennium. Suggestive, rather than explicit, her evocative images of the female body -- as seen through diaphanous and translucent layers that obscure, reveal, and entrance -- offer a new way of looking, one that understands mystery is an integral part of power itself.--Sara Rosen ""i-D""" All Wet' offers a steamy and sensual look at the classic archetype of the female bather in the new millennium. Suggestive, rather than explicit, her evocative images of the female body -- as seen through diaphanous and translucent layers that obscure, reveal, and entrance -- offer a new way of looking, one that understands mystery is an integral part of power itself.--Sara Rosen i-D Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |