Baum, Kelly
Alice Neel - People Come First
- ISBN 13:
- 9781588397256
- author:
- Baum, Kelly
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 29.1 x 21 x 2.9 centimeters (1.0
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Alice Neel: People Come First explores the artist's nearly 70-year career through her radical humanism. Remarkable portraits reveal that Neel viewed humanism as both a political and philosophical ideal, capturing victims of the Great Depression, fellow residents of Spanish Harlem, leaders of political organizations, queer artists, visibly pregnant women, and members of New York's global diaspora. The publication highlights over 100 works, including emotionally charged cityscapes, still lifes, erotic pastels, and watercolors. Essays examine Neel's portrayal of LGBTQ subjects, her unique aesthetic language, and her commitment to progressive politics, civil rights, feminism, and racial diversity. The book also delves into Neel's personal preoccupations with death, illness, and motherhood, reasserting her place in the broader cultural history of the 20th century. This comprehensive survey offers a fresh perspective on Alice Neel's life and work, shedding light on an artist whose humanism continues to resonate today.
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