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4.0 out of 5 stars
An exercise in corporeal exploration,
By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford: Closed Contact (Hardcover)
For those who are in awe of the majestic paintings of large nude women by Jenny Saville, this catalogue from an exhibition at Gagosian Gallery in 2002 may be a disappointment. Saville used her own corpulent body pressed against glass that distorts the expected round planes into flat surfaces. The large photographs were done in tandem with photographer Glen Luchford and they are impressive just for the size alone. But the works don't hold interest the way the paintings with Saville's sculptural use of paint on canvas do.The book is well presented in an oversize scale to echo the size of the photographs. Katherine Dunn adds an essay that is more about Saville and her inspirations than it is about art history - very conversational and enlightening. Again, if you are expecting to see Saville's paintings here then look further. She is an important and gifted artist. Grady Harp, February 2005 |
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Jenny Saville & Glen Luchford: Closed Contact by Jenny Saville (Hardcover - June 15, 2002)
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