'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus
A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.
For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?
Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, Art Monsters is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body. Weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers - from Julia Margaret Cameron's photography to Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits to Eva Hesse's rope sculptures - Lauren Elkin shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.
'The Susan Sontag of her generation' Deborah Levy
| ISBN: | 9781529922554 |
| Publication date: | 18th April 2024 |
| Author: | Lauren Elkin |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Theory of art Feminism and feminist theory Biography: writers Literary theory |
'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus
A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.
For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?
Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, Art Monsters is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body. Weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers - from Julia Margaret Cameron's photography to Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits to Eva Hesse's rope sculptures - Lauren Elkin shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.
'The Susan Sontag of her generation' Deborah Levy
Art Monsters features in the following genres: Theory of art, Feminism and feminist theory, Biography: writers, Literary theory
Art Monsters is available in Paperback, Hardback
Art Monsters was written by Lauren Elkin and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Art Monsters has 368 pages
£11.69