Close-up : Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Lotte Laserstein, Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel, Marlene Dumas, Cindy Sherman, Elizabeth Peyton / edited by Theodora Vischer for the Fondation Beyeler ; [translations, Jenny Dodman, Fiona Elliott, John Ormrod].
Catalog of an exhibition held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, September 19, 2021 - January 2, 2022. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Foreword and acknowledgments / Sam Keller and Theodora Vischer -- More than one history: an introduction / Theodora Vischer -- Prologue Marie Bashkirtseff / Marlene Burgi -- Berthe Morisot. Painting and being painted: Berthe Morisot and the role of the model / Sylvie Patry -- Plates -- Mary Cassatt. "Posed so beautifully" Mary Cassatt's work with models / Jennifer A. Thompson -- Plates -- Paula Modersohn-Becker. "The patient reflection": On Paula Modersohn-Becker's figure paintings / Uwe M. Schneede -- Plates -- Lotte Laserstein. New woman paints new woman: Lotte Laserstein's sensual objectivity / Anna-Carola Krausse -- Plates -- Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo's self portraits: Duality as a secret unity / Tere Arcq and Hilda Trujillo -- Plates -- Alice Neel. Portraiture and proximity: Meditations in a time of social distancing / Tamar Garb -- Plates -- Marlene Dumas. "Many different ladies interact": On the portrait painting of Marlene Dumas / Theodora Vischer -- Plates -- Cindy Sherman. Self-portraits without a self: On Cindy Sherman's role pictures / Peter Geimer -- Plates -- Elizabeth Peyton. Fragments on Elizabeth Peyton / Donatien Grau -- Plates -- Chronologies / compiled by Marlene Burgi and Julia Keller --- Exhibited works.
Summary:
At the center of the catalogue '9 Women Artists and Their Models' are nine women artists, all of whom concentrated upon portraits and self-portraits and represent outstanding, exemplary positions in the history of modernism since 1870. Here, the interest is in each artist?s specific view of her surroundings, as it is expressed in portraits and self-portraits, and how this gaze has changed between 1870 and today. In nine essays by renowned authors, this is examined through the theme ?the artists and their models.? In the selection of models, and in the way they are shown, the concept of the portrait as held by Morisot, Cassatt, Modersohn-Becker, Laserstein, Neel, Kahlo, Dumas, Sherman, and Peyton is expressed.00Exhibition: Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (27.09.2020-31.01.2021).
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