Helen Chadwick - Marc Sladen. (ed.)
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The first monograph offering a comprehensive survey of the unusual, sensual art of the British artist Helen Chadwick, who died suddenly at the peak of her career.nnHelen Chadwick (1953-96) is one of the most significant British artists of the eighties and nineties. She was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1987, had a widely acclaimed exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in 1994, and was at the height of her fame at the time of her untimely death in 1996. Chadwick's art is an exploration of desire, and many of her works involve the representation of her own naked body or the use of highly sensual materials. The artist spoke of the feelings her work provoked as 'gorgeously repulsive, exquisitely fun, dangerously beautiful'.nThis monograph, the first comprehensive survey of Chadwick's work, will include many of her most famous photographs, sculptures, and installations: Viral landscapes (1989-91), photographic works featuring cells taken from the artist's body
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2004Uitgever: Hatje Cantz Verlag168 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 377571393XISBN-13: 9783775713931Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Helen Chadwick (1953-1996) is one of the eminent british artists of the 1980s and 90s. In 1987 she was nominated for the Turner Prize. In 1994 the London Serpentine Gallery held a high regarded exhibition of her work. In 1996 Chadwick died unforeseen at the height of her career. Desire is a recurring theme in her works. A lot of her works show her own naked body or were created with the use of extreme sensual material. The artist described the feelings that are evoked by her work as ?wonderfully gross, funn...
