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Alice Neel - An Engaged Eye (Hardcover)
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Alice Neel - An Engaged Eye (Hardcover)
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“...perhaps the definitive tome on her life and career." – Nena
Hawke, BlackBook "...an important new monograph about Alice Neel,
one of the greatest portrait painters of the 20th Century, whose
work continually pushes the boundaries of social justice" – The
Art Newspaper "This is the defining treatise on Alice
Neel." —Booklaunch “I have always believed that
women should resent and refuse to accept all the gratuitous insults
that men impose upon them.” – Alice Neel, 1971 One of the
greatest portrait artists of the 20th century, Alice Neel’s
vibrant, expressionistic paintings revealed a breath-taking depth
of emotion within her subjects. From works exploring loss and
grief, to communist political art, Neel’s work pushed boundaries
of social justice throughout the 1900s. Her dedication to capturing
the truth of humanity is evident: she painted those rejected by
society, the victims of social or gendered oppression. Latin
American and Puerto Rican immigrants, African-American writers
excluded from the intellectual elite, single mothers struggling to
raise their children, homosexual couples – all were presented
with equal candidness by Neel’s brush. Her unflinching approach
to the female body took a ground-breaking step towards reclaiming
the nude from the male gaze, and the activism inherent to her art
resonates with viewers to this day. This book highlights Neel’s
political and social commitment to her art, as a figurative painter
at odds with the artistic styles of the avant-gardes of her time.
Structured in two thematic parts – social injustice and gender
inequality – this retrospective includes some 60 paintings and
drawings as well as numerous documents. Following the artist from
her first works in the 1920s to her final evocative self-portrait,
made shortly before her death, this is the defining treatise on
Alice Neel. '"Neel places us directly in front of her models to
engage our look. She literally pushes her subjects into our
personal space to make us confront individuals who are normally
invisible..." Angela Lampe finishes up with the following: "With
great pictorial power, Neel forces them upon us: look at them!"
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