Marlene Dumas

by Bloom, Barbara; den Boogerd, Dominic; Casadio, Mariuccia

• ISBN13: 9780714838236
• ISBN10: 0714838233
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-30
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

This text features the artist Marlene Dumas commenting through her work onhe state of painting today. She asks the question - what does it mean to be woman working within the predominantly male genre of expressionist art? Thertist often chooses women, children and infants as her subject matter,xamining the relation between art and female beauty.;The authors thennalyze Dumas's work, with subjects such as: the development of Dumas's workn relation to the legacies of European painting; questions contemporaryomen artists are asked; and a look at the artist's painting "Josephine",eflecting on the iconic legacy of Josephine Baker. The book also featureselections from Dumas's writings, including texts on her own work,editations on love, religion and politics, and a discussion of Goya'sainting "The Fates".;The book is part of a series of studies of importantrtists of the late-20th century. Each title offers a comprehensive survey ofhe artist's work, providing analyses and multiple perspectives onontemporary art and its inspiration.

Author Biography

Dominic van den Boogerd is a writer on contemporary art. From 1993 to 1995 he was Chief Editor of the Dutch art magazine Metropolis M and is currently Director of de Ateliers international artists’ institute in Amsterdam. He is a regular contributor to several international art journals.

Barbara Bloom is a New York-based artist whose international exhibitions include the Venice Biennale (1988), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1998), the International Center of Photography, New York (2006) and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (2006). Her artist's books include Ghost Writer (1988),
The Reign of Narcissism (1990) and The Collections of Barbara Bloom (2006).

Mariuccia Casadio is a freelance writer on contemporary art, fashion and design. Formerly Editor of Vogue Italia, Milan (1986–90) and Editor-at-Large of Interview, New York (1990–93), at present she contributes regularly to Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue.

Table of Contents

Interview Barbara Bloom in conversation with Marlene Dumas	6	(24)
Dominic van den Boogerd
Survey Hang-ups and Hangovers in the Work of Marlene Dumas	30	(56)
Mariuccia Casadio
Focus Josephine	86	(10)
Artist's Choice	96	(10)
Oscar Wilde
The Fisherman and His Soul (extracts), 1891	96	(6)
Jean Genet
Thief's Journal (extracts), 1949	102	(4)
Artist's Writings	106	(38)
Marlene Dumas
Background, 1982	106	(2)
Nightmares of Beauty, 1986	108	(2)
The Body Guard, 1989	110	(4)
Waiting Rooms (Need TV), 1990	114	(2)
Miss Interpreted (extract), 1992	116	(10)
Women and Painting, 1993	126	(2)
Give the People What They Want (extracts), 1993	128	(2)
Home Is Where the Heart Is, 1994	130	(1)
Models (extracts), 1995	131	(3)
Goya's The Fates, 1996	134	(1)
Pin-up (extract), 1996	135	(3)
A United Europe, 1997	138	(2)
Do the Right Thing (extracts), 1997	140	(2)
Improper Relationships, 1998	142	(2)
Chronology	144	(14)
Bibliography, List of Illustrations	158