Sweet Nothings Notes and texts 1982-2014 - Softcover

Marlene Dumas

9781849763745: Sweet Nothings Notes and texts 1982-2014

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ISBN 10: 1849763747 ISBN 13: 9781849763745

Publisher: Tate Publishing, 2015

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Marlene Dumas is an artist for whom the written word has always been paramount, a preoccupation revealed in her use of text and language in her paintings, and in the huge volume of writings she has produced and published since the very beginning of her career. Her texts echo the concerns of her paintings, interrogating questions of interpretation and meaning, sexuality, love and death. The artist has a unique voice, writing philosophically but playfully on art, painting, and language itself. She quotes from pop culture, art history, philosophy and literature with a light touch, referencing Dolly Parton and Picasso in the same breath. This revised and expanded edition of Sweet Nothings (first published in 1997) brings the selection of texts up to date (drawing on Dumas writings for catalogues, magazines, journals). It also includes a new collection of Dumas writing on artists, including personal responses to van Gogh, Frank Stella and Alice Neel. A detailed and comprehensive Annotations and Sources section makes the book a valuable reference tool for Dumas scholarship.

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About the Author

Marlene Dumas (born in 1953 in Capetown, South Africa) is one of the most prominent and influential painters working today. In an era dominated by the mass media and a proliferation of images, her work is a testament to the meaning and potency of painting.

From the Back Cover

Marlene Dumas is well known for her expressive paintings, though few people know about her remarkable affinity for language. Her texts echo the concerns of her paintings, interrogating questions of interpretation and meaning, sexuality, love and death. The artist has a unique voice, writing philosophically but playfully on art, painting, and language itself. She quotes from pop culture, art history, philosophy and literature with a light touch, referencing Dolly Parton and Picasso in the same breath. This revised and expanded edition of Sweet Nothings (first published in 1997) brings the selection of texts up to date (drawing on Dumas writings for catalogues, magazines, journals).

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'Marlene Dumas is well known for her expressive paintings, though few people know about her remarkable affinity for language. In her very first collages she was already making use of text fragments and she still combines words and images in her drawings. If one looks carefully, one can see small notes in Love Versus Death (1980), which is currently on view in the introductory gallery of the exhibition. More text appears in the subtle references under the portraits of Great Men (2014) in the large gallery. Dumas' love for language is also reflected in the suggestive titles of some of the works, such as Magdalena (Out of Eggs, Out of Business) (1995) and Measuring Your Own Grave (2003). In addition, Dumas has written an impressive number of texts over the past thirty years, ranging from statements and short, poetic texts to exploratory essays. This material was collected together in 1998 in the publication Sweet Nothings. Notes and Texts, which still serves as a source of inspiration for artists and art historians today, even though it has been out of print for many years.'

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