Killing Men and Dying Women Imagining Difference in 1950s New York Painting |
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| Author:
| Pollock, Griselda |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5261-6417-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2022 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This book explores how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of New York abstract painting. Providing readings of paintings by Krasner and examining images of Pollock and Frankenthaler at work, it builds a bridge between the New York artist-women and their other, Marilyn Monroe.
This book explores how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of New York abstract painting. Providing readings of paintings by Krasner and examining images of Pollock and Frankenthaler at work, it builds a bridge between the New York artist-women and their other, Marilyn Monroe.