Elizabeth Peyton - Hardcover

Zdenek, Felix; Jones, Ronald; Deichtorhallen Hamburg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3775790993 ISBN 13: 9783775790994

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, 2001

Synopsis

Elizabeth Peyton paints portraits of people who matter to her. Be they the iconic faces of Princess Diana, Andy Warhol, Liam Gallagher, and Leonardo DiCaprio or the unfamiliar visages of her friends, lovers, and acquaintances, all appear delicate and painterly, glossy and jewel-like, small in format, and distinctly intimate--as if Peyton knew and loved them all equally. Titles, which reveal only the models' first names, likewise suggest a closeness between the artist and her subject. Working with public photographs borrowed from books and pop magazines, and private photographs shot by herself, the media experience and mediated personality is questioned, transformed, and absorbed into her personal world via the process of painting. Her subjects, fragily beautiful and forever young, are glossed over with a melancholy that recognizes the high price paid for eternal youth.

About this title

Product Description:

Hard to Find book

About the Author:

Elizabeth Peyton was born in Danbury, Connecticut and attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her work is regularly exhibited at galleries around the world, and is in the collections of some of the finest museums, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3775790993
• ISBN 13: 9783775790994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Zdenek Felix