Cecily Brown

by KERTESS, KLAUS

• ISBN13: 9780847838936
• ISBN10: 0847838935
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-04-17
• Publisher: Gagosian / Rizzoli

Summary

Presenting a world that pulses with excesses and appetites, Cecily Brownexplores the breadth of human experience in tactile oil paintings. Broadly inspired by the history of painting-from Rubens and Veronese to the muscular expressionism of Willem de Kooning-Brown's personal vision transcends classical notions of genre and narrative, freeing subject matter from its original context and positioning it within a new aesthetic reality. Cecily Brown was born in London in 1969. Her work is included in public collections at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and Tate Gallery, London. Solo exhibitions include the recent "Directions: Cecily Brown" at the Rome Crispi Gallery.

Author Biography

Klaus Kertess is a writer and curator. He has curated numerous exhibitions, including the 1995 Whitney Biennial. He has published monographs on Peter Hujar, Brice Marden, and Joan Mitchell, and has written essays for Art Forum, Parkett, and Art in America, among other publications. In 2009 he received the Lawrence A. Fleischman award for scholarly excellence in the field of American art history from the Smithsonian Archives for American Art.