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Title: Marlene Dumas by Dominic van den Boogerd ISBN: 0-7148-3823-3 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 30 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book
Comment: This is what I look for in an art book, many large good quality reproductions of the work with a minimum of pretentious text. Let me look at the images first and decide what I think about them, then I can go read what the artist or some critic/historian thinks, not the other way around, as far too many books do.
I like the fact that Dumas does what she feels at the time she does it, so there is a lot of variety in this book, it is not the same piece over and over again. She is not like a lot of artist, simply becoming clichés of themselves at the 1st signs of success, she continues to experiment and try different things, which she is criticized for, however, I think that criticism is short sited. There is something fresh, loose and free about her work that I admire. Granted I don't like her work as much as when I first viewed it a few years ago (reflecting my own development as an artist) but it is still one of my favorite books and I would recommend it to anyone interested in contemporary art.
My only critic comes from my own bias, in that I find some of her content overly simplified clichés of women's issues and feminist theory. .........And I'm annoyed by the fact that If I, as a male artist, created some of the images she's created, I'd be lynched by NOW(or some other WWB-Whiny Women's Brigade as I've coined them) as being a misogynist pig.
Rating: 5
Summary: A SURPRISE PACKAGE!
Comment: I had seen a self-portrait done by Marlene Dumas in an art book and it blew me away. I did not know who she was or her main specialty. I knew I had to see more of her body of work... I quickly found this Phaedon publication, crossed my fingers and ordered it. When it finally arrived...I poured over it. It is now a few months later and I am still pouring over it. I particularly like the interviews and personal input Helene has had into the publication – this is her book and her philosophies – she puts herself out there for you to see her and to "get inside her head". The layout is very contemporary which adds to the presentation of her imagery. The reproductions of her work are plentiful and I am impressed with the range of her work through her different "periods". The text is concise and confronting in its subject matter, ranging from her life in apartheid Africa to the freedom of Amsterdam. This book is a must for art students and art lovers alike. It holds the key to an modern artist and, as an art student, has inspired me. I am looking forward to seeing more publications about her current work. I definitely give this book 5 stars – plus 5 stars for a major contemporary artist.
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Title: Luc Tuymans by Ulrich Loock ISBN: 0714842982 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: (In Search of) the Perfect Lover: Louise Bourgeois, Marlene Dumas, Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon by Michaela Unterdrfer, Matthias Winzen, Louise Bourgeois, Michaela Unterdörfer ISBN: 3775713204 Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Marlene Dumas: Suspect by Gianni Romano ISBN: 8884915112 Publisher: Skira Pub. Date: 03 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: William Kentridge by ARI Sitas, Dan Cameron, Neal Benazra, Lynne Cooke, Staci Boris ISBN: 0810942283 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Clemente by Francesco Clemente, Lisa Dennison, Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation ISBN: 089207275X Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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