Great Women Sculptors
Phaidon Editors author Lisa Le Feuvre editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Phaidon Press Ltd
Published:24th Sep '24
Should be back in stock very soon
A celebration of more than 300 groundbreaking women sculptors that surveys 500 years of creative ingenuity from around the world
Presenting a more expansive and inclusive history of sculpture, Great Women Sculptors surveys the work of more than 300 trailblazing artists from over 60 countries, spanning 500 years from the Renaissance to the present day.
Organized alphabetically, each artist is represented by an image and newly commissioned text. This wide-ranging survey champions the best-known women sculptors from art history alongside today’s rising stars. From more recognizable names such as Camille Claudel, Gego, Barbara Hepworth, and Yayoi Kusama to some of today’s most significant contemporary artists including Huma Bhaba, Mona Hatoum, and Simone Leigh, this book showcases 500 years of sculptural creativity in one accessible, visually stunning volume.
Artists featured, in A–Z order by surname: Magdalena Abakanowicz; Alice Adams; Kelly Akashi; Jane Alexander; Shaikha Al Mazrou; Olga de Amaral; Janine Antoni; Ruth Asawa; Tauba Auerbach; Ghazaleh Avarzamani; Alice Aycock; Margarita Azurdia; Leilah Babirye; Nairy Baghramian; Natalie Ball; Rina Banerjee; Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press; Rosa Barba; Phyllida Barlow; Yto Barrada; Mária Bartuszová; Rana Begum; Nina Beier; Patricia Belli; Lynda Benglis; Lauren Berkowitz; Sarah Bernhardt; Huma Bhabha; Alexandra Bircken; Cosima von Bonin; Monica Bonvicini; Chakaia Booker; Louise Bourgeois; Carol Bove; Beverly Buchanan; Heidi Bucher; Dora Budor; Angela Bulloch; Teresa Burga; Seyni Awa Camara; Elaine Cameron-Weir ; Nina Canell; Jodie Carey; Claudia Casarino; Rosemarie Castoro; Elizabeth Catlett; Helen Chadwick; Judy Chicago; Saloua Raouda Choucair; Chryssa; Lygia Clark; Camille Claudel; Marie-Anne Collot; Gisela Colon; Marta Colvin; Fiona Connor; Nicola Costantino; Petah Coyne; Anne Seymour Damer; Vanessa da Silva; Paula Dawson; Berlinde De Bruyckere; Agnes Denes; Abigail DeVille; Karla Dickens; Tara Donovan; Sokari Douglas Camp; Mikala Dwyer; Abastenia St. Leger Eberle; Nicole Eisenman; Vaska Emanuilova; Tracey Emin; Ayse Erkmen; Helen Escobedo; Tamar Ettun; Claire Falkenstein; Alia Farid; Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian; Simone Fattal; Félicie de Fauveau; Lara Favaretto; Maria Faydherbe; Rachel Feinstein; Sonja Ferlov Mancoba; Teresita Fernández; Sylvie Fleury; Ceal Floyer; Laura Ford; María Freire; Nancy Fried; Elisabeth Frink; Katharina Fritsch; Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller; Sue Fuller; Anya Gallaccio; Lily Garafulic; Adebunmi Gbadebo; Gego; Isa Genzken; vanessa german; Sonia Gomes; Dora Gordine; Sheela Gowda; Laura Grisi; Nancy Grossman; Gu Erniang; Guan Xiao; Shilpa Gupta; Fiona Hall; Lauren Halsey; Anthea Hamilton;...
‘A revelation, and a treat for both eye and mind.’ – AIR MAIL
‘Expansive.’ – Harper’s Bazaar
‘A celebration of more than 300 groundbreaking women sculptors.’ – ELLE Decoration
‘A snapshot of the many phenomenal female sculptors of the last 500 years.’ - FAD Magazine
‘Monumental.’ – Cultured Magazine
‘Surveys half a millennium of remarkable work.’ – Colossal
‘Fills a void that many, prior to reading, may not have even known needed to be resolved … Aggregates a large selection of sculptors who have left their marks on art history and continue to challenge societal perceptions of what sculpture is.’ – Art & Object
‘A new and compelling narrative of creativity, resilience, and ingenuity across art history within the medium of sculpture.’– Create Magazine
‘Plugs a genuine gap in the market...encyclopedic enough to justify its price tag.’ – DailyArt Magazine
‘A jumping off point for anyone interested in a bird’s-eye view of women sculptors.’ – New York Journal of Books
‘Some of the world’s most exceptional sculptors across time and space.’ – Surface Magazine
‘A welcome antidote … Eye-grabbing.’ – The Dallas Morning News
‘Encyclopedic [and] printed beautifully.’ – BookPage
‘Meticulously curated … Provid[es] a long-overdue recognition of the women who have shaped and continue to shape the world of sculpture.’ – Grit Daily
‘Celebrat[es] the artistry and influence of women in the field of sculpture.’ – Phoenix Home & Garden
‘Profound, whimsical, wrenching, [and] transporting.’ – Booklist
‘An in depth look at the creativity, resilience and ingenuity required to succeed within the medium of sculpture.’ – Western Art and Architecture
ISBN: 9781838667771
Dimensions: 290mm x 250mm x 36mm
Weight: unknown
344 pages