Ghada Amer: Painting in Revolt
Ghada Amer: Painting in Revolt
Regular price
$45.00
Regular price
Sale price
$45.00
Unit price
per
Couldn't load pickup availability
Ghada Amer: Painting in Revolt
W033843 | $45.00 / 10% library disc.
Editions Skira Paris, 2021.
208 pp. well illustrated (all col.). 31 x 25 cm. Bilingual in English and French. Hardcover.
ISBN 9782370741493
New York-based painter and embroiderer Ghada Amer (born 1963) was raised in Cairo, Egypt, and later educated in Nice and Paris, France. Her experiences with sexism in both locations served as the impetus for her to forge new ground in a range of mediums, from painting and sculpture to ceramics and earthworks. With a background in abstract painting, Amer eventually turned to embroidery as a strategy for infiltrating the male space of painting with a material traditionally associated with women. Her work is frequently based on the images of female figures found in magazines, through which she explores the constructions of gender, sexuality and eroticism. Her embroidery is intentionally loose, with threads dangling from the canvas, provoking a pictorial effect not unlike Pollock’s splattered paint. More recent works introduce a verbal element, with quotations and aphorisms. This volume reproduces these pieces along with a selection of works from across her career.
Subject Headings: Near and Middle East (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- Egypt -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Mixed Media and Collage ; Textile/Fiber Arts -- Women Artists --
Artist(s): Amer, Ghada
W033843 | $45.00 / 10% library disc.
Editions Skira Paris, 2021.
208 pp. well illustrated (all col.). 31 x 25 cm. Bilingual in English and French. Hardcover.
ISBN 9782370741493
New York-based painter and embroiderer Ghada Amer (born 1963) was raised in Cairo, Egypt, and later educated in Nice and Paris, France. Her experiences with sexism in both locations served as the impetus for her to forge new ground in a range of mediums, from painting and sculpture to ceramics and earthworks. With a background in abstract painting, Amer eventually turned to embroidery as a strategy for infiltrating the male space of painting with a material traditionally associated with women. Her work is frequently based on the images of female figures found in magazines, through which she explores the constructions of gender, sexuality and eroticism. Her embroidery is intentionally loose, with threads dangling from the canvas, provoking a pictorial effect not unlike Pollock’s splattered paint. More recent works introduce a verbal element, with quotations and aphorisms. This volume reproduces these pieces along with a selection of works from across her career.
Subject Headings: Near and Middle East (Western Style) ; Non-Western in a Western Style ; Western Art -- Egypt -- Post-1945 ; Post-1970 ; Post-1990 ; Post-2000 -- Mixed Media and Collage ; Textile/Fiber Arts -- Women Artists --
Artist(s): Amer, Ghada
