Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty
Exploring glamour and consumerism through captivating imagery
Bill Arning author Nick Flynn author Eileen Myles author Richard Hell author Elissa Auther author K8 Hardy author Colby Keller author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Gregory R Miller & Company
Published:9th Jul '15
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This book examines the evolution of Marilyn Minter's art, highlighting her critiques of glamour and consumerism through captivating imagery and insightful essays.
In Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty, the artist's work is explored through a critical lens that challenges conventional notions of glamour and consumerism. Minter, renowned for her glossy, hyper-realistic paintings and photographs, creates seductive imagery that delves into themes of desire, sensuality, and body anxiety within a consumer-driven society. Her close-up depictions of mouths, feet, and splashes, rendered in high-gloss enamel on metal, serve as both alluring and subversive critiques of the pathology surrounding glamour.
This comprehensive volume coincides with Minter's first major museum retrospective, showcasing her artistic evolution over a remarkable 40-year career. From her early controversial porn paintings, which faced rejection from the critical establishment, to her later large-scale photorealistic works, Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty navigates the diverse phases of her artistic journey. Curatorial essays provide insights into her development and the ongoing discussions regarding the representation of the female body in contemporary art.
Featuring contributions from artists, musicians, and writers, including reflections from K8 Hardy, Richard Hell, and Eileen Myles, this book highlights Minter's significant influence across various creative fields. Illustrated with hundreds of full-color reproductions, along with a complete biography and bibliography, Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty offers a fresh perspective on the artist's continually evolving body of work.
"Pretty/Dirty" is the rare retrospective that also acts as an engrossing biography, skillfully revealing the key shifts in Minter's career, the points where the green artist transformed into skilled provocateur, the path that made her a star. -- Lilly Lampe * The Village Voice *
Scintillating photo-realistic paintings reveal rainbow-colored nails lined with dirt and diamond jewelry that drips with body fluids. Video works capture tattooed feet shoved into muddied heels and glossy lips that curl into a snarl. In the show, titled "Pretty/Dirty," the subversive underbelly of Minter's work is revealed in all its shimmery, gritty glory. -- Anna Furman * New York Magazine *
The art world has finally caught up with this forward thinker -- Yasha Wallin * Edition *
In these works, the images are seemingly captured in medias res of erotic motion, a voluptuously suspended moment in time. -- Hannah Ghorashi * ARTnews *
Like her images, “Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty” is seductive and glittery, an object of desire. It highlights what appears to be almost innate talent (Diane Arbus was a fan of her student work) and an equally preternatural ability to attract censure — as well as some faithful obsessions. -- Parul Sehgal * The New York Times Book Reivew *
unsettling depictions of a lustful, exuberant, unselfconscious id that rejoices in a feminine sexuality that is at once pleasurable and repellent.... if there’s mistrust or unease around Minter’s images, it’s that they offer too much, and perhaps too easily, visual pleasure. -- Owen Campbell * American Suburb X *
ISBN: 9781941366042
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176 pages