Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the twentieth century and a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. "One of the reasons I painted was to catch life as it goes by," she explained, "right hot off the griddle." This beautifully designed volume takes a unique approach to the exhibition catalog, highlighting Neel's understanding of the fundamentally political nature of how we look at others, and what it means to feel seen. Long a favorite of portrait lovers, Neel has recently gained an even wider 21st-century audience appreciative of the searing candor with which she viewed the world, the depth of her humanity, and her championing of the underdog.
This beautifully produced catalog features a thoroughly modern design, as well as an essay by renowned critic Hilton Als and poetry by Daisy Lafarge.
Réédition brochée pour ce catalogue de l?exposition de la Barbican Art Gallery, qui avait eu lieu à l?hiver 2017. Artiste touche-à-tout, Basquiat a pratiqué le collage, la musique, les graffitis et la performance puis la peinture. Cette rétrospective retrace son itinéraire marqué par des influences multiples, du jazz au street art en passant par le cinéma hollywoodien.
