Rachel Feinstein
Published on 22. October 2019
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-8478-6484-3 (ISBN)
Description
Straddling pop culture, installation art, and contemporary culture, Rachel Feinstein s paintings, multipart installations, and additive sculptures reveal her singular flair for synthesizing myriad cultural fascinations religion, myth, beauty, mortality, decadence into lush vignettes of the marvelous. As an artist, she explores issues of taste and desire, fusing intellectual opposites like romance and pornography, elegance and kitsch, to create visually stunning tableaux that have intrigued and astonished art fans and critics alike. Rachel Feinstein is the artist s first major volume a comprehensive look at her oeuvre, sculpture, paintings, pastels, and drawings and the definitive monograph surveying the work of this important female American artist. Beautifully designed and packaged, this volume provides a provoking and enlightening tour of this influential artist s body of work.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
300 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 322 mm
Width: 249 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1852 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8478-6484-3 (9780847864843)
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Persons
Rachel Feinstein is an artist who specializes in sculpture and installation art. Kelly Taxter is the Barnett and Annalee Newman Curator of Contemporary Art at the Jewish Museum, New York. Sofia Coppola is a screenwriter, director, and producer. Marc Jacobs is an internationally renowned fashion designer. Tamara Jenkins is an American film director and screenwriter. Siddhartha Mukherjee is Indian-American physician, biologist, oncologist, and author. Laura Sartori Rimini and Roberto Peregalli are the creative team behind influential design firm Studio Peregalli. Sarah Sze is a highly regarded contemporary artist. Ursula Von Rydingsvard is a contemporary artist based in New York. Evelyn Welch is a scholar of the Renaissance and Modern periods. Florence Welch is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and producer. Lisa Yuskavage is a celebrated American painter.