Jenny Saville: Territories

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Summary: The Geography of the Human Form
Review: Jenny Saville is a focused contemporary painter who has been consistently driven to explore the myriad facets of the human figure. She selects models of corpulant physiques, transgendered models, and self portraits as seen compressed against glass. Her brush strokes are large but sure. The very sizes of her canvases (many are wall-sized epics) imitate her models. And yet what is the artistic statement about these huge works? One of tenderness, of love for flesh, of respect for what some may consider unseemly. Saville charts her territories with insightful grandeur, all the while making these huge canvases of huge women somehow vulnerable and noble. The book contains little writing, allowing the pages to be filled with well reproduced paintings. JENNY SAVILLE: TERRITORIES will go down as a landmark in the artists of the 21st Century dialogue about the way we see others...and ourselves. A very beautiful monograph!

Rating:
Summary: The Geography of the Human Form
Review: Jenny Saville is a focused contemporary painter who has been consistently driven to explore the myriad facets of the human figure. She selects models of corpulant physiques, transgendered models, and self portraits as seen compressed against glass. Her brush strokes are large but sure. The very sizes of her canvases (many are wall-sized epics) imitate her models. And yet what is the artistic statement about these huge works? One of tenderness, of love for flesh, of respect for what some may consider unseemly. Saville charts her territories with insightful grandeur, all the while making these huge canvases of huge women somehow vulnerable and noble. The book contains little writing, allowing the pages to be filled with well reproduced paintings. JENNY SAVILLE: TERRITORIES will go down as a landmark in the artists of the 21st Century dialogue about the way we see others...and ourselves. A very beautiful monograph!