滿額折
Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle
商品資訊
相關商品
商品簡介
商品簡介
Overlooked in the last century, the artist Alice Neel has come to be championed in our own, for the searing candour with which she looked at the world. 'One of the reasons I painted was to catch life as it goes by, ' she explained, 'right hot off the griddle... the vitality is taken out of real living'. Born on 28 January 1900, Alice Neel liked to say that she was just four weeks younger than the century. After studying in Philadelphia, she discovered that she had just what it took to make a good artist: 'hypersensitivity and the will of the devil'. These two forces can be felt in the vivid portraits that now define her 60-year career: each radiates with her impression of the humanity and dignity of her subject. Working predominantly in New York, Neel painted figuratively during a period in which it was deeply unfashionable to do so. She chose to portray individuals who were not typically the subjects of painting - pregnant women, labour leaders, Black and Puerto Rican children, Greenwich Village eccentrics, civil rights activists, queer performers - retaliating against exclusionary histories. She was crowned the 'court painter of the underground', and persisted with her wonky, expressionistic style, even though it meant that for most of her life she lacked material comfort, let alone critical recognition. This book, which accompanies the largest exhibition to date of Alice Neel in the UK, offers an intimate and thoughtful exploration of Neel's work, highlighting her understanding of the fundamentally political nature of how we look at others, and what it means to feel seen. Edited by Eleanor Nairne, Barbican Art Gallery, London, this book features a moving essay by Hilton Als, a poetic response by Daisy Lafarge, alongside a chronology and 130 gorgeous color reproductions of Neel's paintings.
您曾經瀏覽過的商品
購物須知
外文書商品之書封，為出版社提供之樣本。實際出貨商品，以出版社所提供之現有版本為主。部份書籍，因出版社供應狀況特殊，匯率將依實際狀況做調整。
無庫存之商品，在您完成訂單程序之後，將以空運的方式為你下單調貨。為了縮短等待的時間，建議您將外文書與其他商品分開下單，以獲得最快的取貨速度，平均調貨時間為1~2個月。
為了保護您的權益，「三民網路書店」提供會員七日商品鑑賞期(收到商品為起始日)。
若要辦理退貨，請在商品鑑賞期內寄回，且商品必須是全新狀態與完整包裝(商品、附件、發票、隨貨贈品等)否則恕不接受退貨。