Cecily Brown by Francine Prose - ISBN: 9781838661045
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Sensual painting redefined: exuberant brushwork, satire, and historical canons collide.

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    160 pages

  • Release Date

    10 November 2020

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Summary

Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Originally influenced by Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Brown has over the years developed her unique voice, which investigates the sensual qualities of oil paint and portraiture through a satirizing and celebratory process inspired both by abstraction and realism. Gentle and yet forceful, Brown’s exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and black humor have redefined some of painting…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781838661045
ISBN-10:1838661042
Author:Francine Prose, Courtney J. Martin, Jason Rosenfeld
Publisher:Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:Phaidon Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:10 November 2020
Weight:1.02kg
Dimensions:290mm x 250mm x 16mm
Series:Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series
About The Author

Francine Prose

Courtney J. Martin is Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven.

Jason Rosenfeld is Distinguished Chair and Professor of Art History at Marymount College, New York.

Francine Prose is a novelist and critic based in New York.

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