Warner, Marina
Paula Rego: Nursery Rhymes
- ISBN 13:
- 9780500094105
- author:
- Warner, Marina
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 72
- Dimensions:
- 25.4 x 19.8 centimetres (0.55 kg
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Art, Individual Artist
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes brings together the artist's distinctive style with the timeless world of nursery rhymes. The bold, expressive paintings are accompanied by 26 well-known rhymes, reimagined in a way that is both playful and thought-provoking.
Rego's use of etchings, created spontaneously as a child might, adds a sense of spontaneity and immediacy to the work. Her characters, often dressed in human costume, are both comically familiar and unsettlingly strange, inviting the viewer to consider the darker themes that underlie the nursery rhymes.
This book is a unique and fascinating exploration of the intersection of art and childhood, one that will appeal to fans of Rego's work and those who enjoy exploring the complexities of the human experience through art and literature.
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