Published to accompany an exhibition of the same name held at Tate Liverpool, 18th May-18th September, 2016; Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, 17th November, 2016-19th February, 2017; Museum Folkwang, Essen, 9th March-18th June, 2017; Zachęta--National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, July-October, 2017; and National Gallery in Prague, October, 2017-January, 2018. Includes bibliographical references (page 136).
Summary:
The Austrian artist Maria Lassnig (1919-2014) was one of the most important painters of the twentieth century. This timely publication spans her prolific career from the 1940s to her later life. Lassnig developed a singular aesthetic, making boldly expressive, brightly coloured oil paintings with human figures always at the centre of her compositions. Alongside her signature self-portraits, the book features her paintings showing bodies morphed with objects and mechanical devices, examples of Lassnig's still lives, and rarely seen paintings triggered by political events. A collection of new essays provide a fascinating context for understanding Lassnig's extensive oeuvre. Setting her work within the broader context of contemporary debates, this important new publication reveals an artist of huge international significance.
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