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Marlene Dumas : sorte / a cura di Giorgio Verzotti.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Italian Publication details: Cinisello Balsamo : Silvana, c2012.Description: 119 p. : ill en coul. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9788836622856
  • 8836622852
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.9492 DUM
Summary: "Organized and promoted by the Fondazione Stelline, the solo show of Marlene Dumas, one of the best known and most admired contemporary artists, presents twentytwo recent works: fifteen new paintings exhibited for the first time, alongside seven works from her recent London exhibition 'Forsaken' (2011), and fifteen historical drawings and watercolours. Some of the artist's favourite themes are powerfully featured here: the crucifixion, famous people linked to dramatic events, "people in extreme suffering" who represent the humanity that is the focus of her painting. The exhibition venue itself - the former orphanage and boarding school "Le Stelline"--And some sculptures from the Museo del Castello Sforzesco, including the Michelangelo's 'Pietà Rondanini', have been a source of inspiration for the paintings, inspired by the encounter with Milan and created specifically for this event, alongside seven works from her recent series 'Forsaken'.Exhibition: Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy (13.3.-17.6.2012)."--Résumé de l'éditeur.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 759.9492 DUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100567925

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée du 13 mars au 17 juin 2012, Fondazione Stelline, Milan.

Bibliogr.: p. 118-119.

"Organized and promoted by the Fondazione Stelline, the solo show of Marlene Dumas, one of the best known and most admired contemporary artists, presents twentytwo recent works: fifteen new paintings exhibited for the first time, alongside seven works from her recent London exhibition 'Forsaken' (2011), and fifteen historical drawings and watercolours. Some of the artist's favourite themes are powerfully featured here: the crucifixion, famous people linked to dramatic events, "people in extreme suffering" who represent the humanity that is the focus of her painting. The exhibition venue itself - the former orphanage and boarding school "Le Stelline"--And some sculptures from the Museo del Castello Sforzesco, including the Michelangelo's 'Pietà Rondanini', have been a source of inspiration for the paintings, inspired by the encounter with Milan and created specifically for this event, alongside seven works from her recent series 'Forsaken'.Exhibition: Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy (13.3.-17.6.2012)."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Texte en italien et en anglais.

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