![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The collusion of the art and fashion worlds has produced many hybrids in recent years, yet none perhaps none as intensely striking as this series." Signed by Author. Distortions confront and coerce the viewer into an examination of his or her own body and the grotesqueries and beauties inherent within the images likewise recall biological specimens preserved, disembodied, and disfigured. She and fashion photographer Glenn Luchford thus began an artistic collaboration that captures the full range of color, tonality, and topography of live flesh, in large photographic tableaux that portray Saville's own body. From the publisher: "After having observed the operations of reconstructive surgery and aesthetic surgery, acclaimed figurative painter Jenny Saville was eager to express the violence and anesthetized pain of this experience in her own work. Near Fine (corners bumped, affecting the extreme corners of all pages). Unpaginated, with 14 four-color plates and 12 full-bleed black-and-white plates exquisitely printed with an ultra high-gloss finish by Westerham Press, England. Includes a list of plates, biographical information and exhibition histories for the artists. Photographic collaboration by Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford. Beige paper-covered boards with title stamped in black on cover and spine, no dust jacket as issued. Signed and numbered "C 24/25" in black marker on the front free-endpaper by Saville. Katherine Dunn is the author of Geek Love, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Bram Stoker Award, as well as the novels Attic and Truck. ![]()
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