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645648Art Monstershttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/art-monsters/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1391077/eec4eb82-7cde-475d-80f9-b427680fe4a0.jpg?v=638867074970970000274334MXNRandom HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p>Destined to become a new classic Chris Kraus</p><p>A dazzlingly original reassessment of womens stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.</p><p>For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?</p><p>Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, <em>Art Monsters</em> is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body. Weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers from Julia Margaret Camerons photography to Kara Walkers silhouettes, Vanessa Bells portraits to Eva Hesses rope sculptures Lauren Elkin shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.</p><p><strong>The Susan Sontag of her generation Deborah Levy</strong></p>...643300Art Monsters274334https://www.gandhi.com.mx/art-monsters/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1391077/eec4eb82-7cde-475d-80f9-b427680fe4a0.jpg?v=638867074970970000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239781473566507_W3siaWQiOiI3ODc4YzU4ZC02NzVhLTRmZjQtOGU3OS1hOWU5NTQ1ZmRkMjAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMzNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjYwLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI3NCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMjJUMTU6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA5LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiIyNWU1MTYzMC04Y2IyLTQxOWQtOWZlOS1iMDY2NDYzYjI2MGUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMyNSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI3NiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMTAtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781473566507_<p>For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it? Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, <em>Art Monsters</em> is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body, calling attention to a radical heritage of feminist work that not only reacts against patriarchy but redefines its own aesthetic aims.</p><p>Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag, Hélne Cixous and Maggie Nelson, Lauren Elkin demonstrates her power as a cultural critic, weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers - from Julia Margaret Camerons photography to Kara Walkers silhouettes, Vanessa Bells portraits to Eva Hesses rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemanns body art to Theresa Hak Kyung Chas trilingual masterpiece DICTEE - and shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.</p>...(*_*)9781473566507_<p>Destined to become a new classic Chris Kraus</p><p>A dazzlingly original reassessment of womens stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.</p><p>For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?</p><p>Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, <em>Art Monsters</em> is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body. Weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers from Julia Margaret Camerons photography to Kara Walkers silhouettes, Vanessa Bells portraits to Eva Hesses rope sculptures Lauren Elkin shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.</p><p><strong>The Susan Sontag of her generation Deborah Levy</strong></p>...9781473566507_Random Houselibro_electonico_bb410859-7a99-38a7-ba92-083a7250ab36_9781473566507;9781473566507_9781473566507Lauren ElkinInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/penguinrandomhouseuk-epub-3f19e179-5351-48eb-8213-0a4a6acf4996.epub2023-07-20T00:00:00+00:00Random House