Screen LibraryJohn Currin /
With inspirations as diverse as Old Master portraits, pin-ups and mid-20th century B-movies, John Currin continues to paint ideational yet challengingly perverse images of female subjects, from lusty nymphs to more ethereal feminine prototypes. This book features an interview with the artist and six...
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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With inspirations as diverse as Old Master portraits, pin-ups and mid-20th century B-movies, John Currin continues to paint ideational yet challengingly perverse images of female subjects, from lusty nymphs to more ethereal feminine prototypes. This book features an interview with the artist and six essays by Wells Tower. |
| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, Nov. 4-Dec. 23, 2010. |
| Carrier Form: | 143 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
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9780847836895 0847836894 |
| Index Number: | ND237 |
| CLC: | J233.712 |
| Call Number: | J233.712/J654 |
| Contents: | Interview with John Currin / Angus Cook -- Short stories / Wells Tower: Post-Darwinian experiments in consciousness -- The language of film -- Eve -- The limits of the divine -- The music box -- A recollection. |