Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer (Hardcover)

Honore Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major art world figure in 1940s America, celebrated for exquisitely detailed paintings conveying subtly subversive critiques of the political and artistic climate of her time. This book offers the first critical reassessment of the artist: a leftist, female painter committed to figuration in an era when anti-Communist sentiment and masculine Abstract Expressionism dominated American culture. Her brightly colored, humorous, and distinctly feminine paintings combine elements of social realism and surrealism to seductive and disquieting effect. This publication is a timely reevaluation of an artist who pushed the boundaries of figurative painting with playfulness and biting wit. Distributed for the Columbus Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Columbus Museum of Art (02/10/17-05/21/17) Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (06/30/17-09/03/17) Smith College Museum of Art, Northamton, MA (09/21/17-01/07/18)

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2017
Editors:	M. Melissa Wolfe
Authors:	Sarah Burns • Robert Cozzolino • Michael Lobel • M. Melissa Wolfe • Adam Desmond Zagorin
Dimensions:	279 x 229 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	176
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-22313-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Abstract Expressionism Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-22313-7
Barcode:	9780300223132

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