Curve : The Female Nude Now

by DAILEY, MEGANHARRIS, JANE

• ISBN13: 9780789308719
• ISBN10: 0789308711
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-11-15
• Publisher: Universe

Summary

Curve: The Female Nude Now disrobes the female form once again to survey her most current representations. Whatever the medium - painting, sculpture, video, performance, or installation - the images in this book illustrate how contemporary explorations of the subject continue to yield an unprecedented and often unexpected range of ideals, metaphors, and personalities. While some artists continue to pay homage to the beauty of the female form, others have more complex agendas, straddling unsettling lines between shallowness and depth, or exploring and commenting on personal and political freedom. The waifish young women of one artist's oeuvre contrast sharply with the plump, luscious figures that inhabit another's. Even inspiration knows no boundaries; as modern works reference Old Master paintings and males and females alike draw on the kinky world of contemporary pornographic magazines.
Featuring approximately 275 fresh and provocative images from over 90 of today's most prominent and often controversial artists, Curve: The Female Nude Now reveals the power and permanence of this seductive subject matter.

Author Biography

Meghan Dailey is a freelance writer and critic whose work is regularly featured in Artforum, Time Out New York, Frieze, and Art Press.

Sarah Valdez is associate editor at ArtNews magazine; her work has appeared in Art in America, Time Out New York, and Artforum.

Jane Harris is a freelance writer and critic; her work has appeared in Artforum, Art in America, and Artnet.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 10
Virgin and Whore: The Female Nude Undressed	p. 12
Nicolas Africano	p. 18
Makoto Aida	p. 20
Claudio Alessandri	p. 22
Ghada Amer	p. 24
William Bailey	p. 26
Marc Baptiste	p. 28
Tina Barney	p. 30
Bo Bartlett	p. 32
Vanessa Beecroft	p. 34
Alvin Booth	p. 38
Louise Bourgeois	p. 40
Alex Brown	p. 42
Don Brown	p. 44
Tania Bruguera	p. 46
Kristian Burford	p. 48
Elinor Carucci	p. 50
Francesco Clemente	p. 52
Chuck Close	p. 54
Charles Cohen	p. 56
Will Cotton	p. 58
Renee Cox	p. 60
Gregory Crewdson	p. 62
Patricia Cronin	p. 64
Chris Cunningham	p. 66
John Currin	p. 68
Sante D'Orazio	p. 70
Antoine Douaihy	p. 72
Katherine Doyle	p. 74
John Dugdale	p. 76
Marlene Dumas	p. 78
Jeanne Dunning	p. 80
Anh Duong	p. 82
Keith Edmier and Farrah Fawcett	p. 84
Nicole Eisenman	p. 86
Tracey Emin	p. 88
Robert Farber	p. 92
Eric Fischl	p. 94
Judy Fox	p. 96
Ann Gale	p. 98
Margi Geerlinks	p. 100
Kathleen Gilje	p. 102
Nan Goldin	p. 104
Katy Grannan	p. 108
Duncan Hannah	p. 110
Julie Heffernan	p. 112
F. Scott Hess	p. 114
Dana Hoey	p. 116
Nadav Kander	p. 118
Richard Kern	p. 120
Kinke Kooi	p. 122
Justine Kurland	p. 124
David Lachapelle	p. 126
Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin	p. 128
Nikki S. Lee	p. 130
Annie Leibovitz	p. 132
David Levinthal	p. 134
Nina Levy	p. 136
Peter Lindbergh	p. 138
Damian Loeb	p. 140
Sally Mann	p. 142
Malerie Marder	p. 144
Carlo Maria Mariani	p. 146
Yasumasa Morimura	p. 148
Ron Mueck	p. 150
Vik Muniz	p. 152
Takashi Murakami	p. 154
Leonard Nimoy	p. 156
Julian Opie	p. 158
Graydon Parrish	p. 160
Philip Pearlstein	p. 162
Richard Phillips	p. 164
Mel Ramos	p. 166
Rankin	p. 168
Thomas Ruff	p. 170
Peter Sarkisian	p. 172
Jenny Saville	p. 174
Cindy Sherman	p. 176
Kiki Smith	p. 178
Jemima Stehli	p. 180
Jock Sturges	p. 182
Sam Taylor-Wood	p. 184
Juergen Teller	p. 188
Spencer Tunick	p. 190
Ike Ude	p. 192
Costa Vavagiakis	p. 194
Frederic Weber	p. 196
Carrie Mae Weems	p. 198
Tom Wesselmann	p. 200
Su-En Wong	p. 202
Masao Yamamoto	p. 204
Lisa Yuskavage	p. 206
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