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Title: Raw Material
Condition: New
Author: Betty Tompkins
Contributor: Alison Gingeras (Introduction by), Anya Harrison (Interviewer), Geraldine Gourbe (Text by)
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9782365680400
ISBN: 9782365680400
Publisher: Jean Boite editions
Genre: Arts & Photography
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Society & Culture
Release Date: 30/11/2021
Description: A revelatory, long-overdue survey of the bold and explicit feminist painting of Betty Tompkins, from the late 1960s to the present. This first monographic work on the New York–based feminist painter Betty Tompkins (born 1945) presents around 50 paintings and drawings made during her career. Tompkins is best known for her large-format Fuck Paintings, a series launched in 1969 depicting close-up sex, the source images of which are taken from pornographic magazines. The series is famous for having been censored many times. In this and other series, such as the Cunt Paintings and Pussy Paintings, Tompkins uses a cold and restricted palette of black, white and gray for the pornographic images that she appropriates. Stylistically close to photorealism, the images are cropped and produced with an airbrush on pastel backgrounds. Sometimes the artist covers up the image with misogynistic texts. Although her paintings were rarely shown, due to their explicit content, Tompkins has influenced a younger generation. She has not ceased to question persistently since the 1970s what determines the codes of representation of female bodies. This work thus takes on a new dimension within the framework of the recent #MeToo movement. In this essential volume, collages and drawings reveal Tompkins’ work processes, highlighting her grid work, a major form of minimalism and formalism. Among the works on paper, the 2014 Photo Drawings series is unveiled here for the first time.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: FR
Item Height: 242mm
Item Length: 168mm
Item Width: 14mm
Item Weight: 386g
Release Year: 2021

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