Great Women Painters: An Enormous Volume Surveys the Work of 300 Artists Across 500 Years
Lubaina Himid, “Le Rodeur: The Trade” (2016), acrylic on canvas, 72 × 96 inches. Picture © Lubaina Himid, courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London, by Andy Keate. All photographs courtesy of Phaidon, shared with permission
In the identical vein as Phaidon’s formidable Nice Ladies Artists and African Artists, a forthcoming e-book from the writer equally widens the artwork historic canon whereas recognizing a few of the most influential and impactful painters working within the medium immediately. The large compilation, titled Nice Ladies Painters, highlights greater than 300 artists throughout 500 years and an unlimited array of actions and aesthetics. Organized alphabetically, the e-book pairs icons like Yayoi Kusama, Frida Kahlo, and Leonora Carrington with up to date artists, together with Ewa Juszkiewicz, Katharina Grosse, and Wangari Mathenge, in a broad and numerous overview of the ladies who’ve had profound impacts on the world immediately. The practically 350-page Nice Ladies Painters shall be launched this fall and is at the moment out there for pre-order from Bookshop.
Shara Hughes, “Onerous Hats” (2021), oil and dye on canvas, 96 × 72 inches. Picture © Shara Hughes, courtesy of the artist, Pilar Corrias, London, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles and New York, and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich / New York
Ewa Juszkiewicz, “Untitled (after Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun)” (2020), oil on canvas, 63 × 47 1/4 inches. Picture © Courtesy of the artist and Almine Rech, by Melissa Castro Duarte
Hayv Kahraman, “Look of Management” (2010), oil with gold paint on 23 picket panels (sliding puzzle) in artist’s body, 65 3/4 × 96 7/8 inches. Picture © Hayv Kahraman, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Wangari Mathenge, “The Ascendants XVII (She Is Right here Too however Why Are You?)” (2021), oil on canvas, 193 × 160 centimeters. Picture © Wangari Mathenge, by Brian Griffin, courtesy of Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
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