Christina Quarles /
A member of the vanguard of artists who are upending the white-male-dominated art scene, Christina Quarles's art is often considered in relation to her identity as a queer, cis-woman of mixed race. Her large-scale, exuberantly colored paintings reflect both the ambiguities of these identities a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Munich :
Prestel,
2020.
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| Series: | Ascendant Artist Series
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| Summary: | A member of the vanguard of artists who are upending the white-male-dominated art scene, Christina Quarles's art is often considered in relation to her identity as a queer, cis-woman of mixed race. Her large-scale, exuberantly colored paintings reflect both the ambiguities of these identities as well as the constraints that such labels enforce. This book features paintings and drawings from throughout Quarles's career. Working mostly in acrylic, Quarles populates her canvases with polymorphous figures that reference her background in life drawing, but with an expressionist spin all her own. Her figures' disconnected arms and legs break through a surface punctuated with bold patterns, textures, and staccato markings. Curator Grace Deveney's illuminating insights into Quarles's work reinforce its power and vitality and illuminate why this young painter is making waves in the contemporary art world. |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occassion of the exhibition held at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, April 4, 2020 - August 23, 2020 and Frye Art Museum, September 19, 2020 - January 24, 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 99 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9783791359120 3791359126 |